Jerwood Assistant Director - Sting

Supported by the Jerwood Foundation, we are looking for a Jerwood Assistant Director for our production of Sting by Sophie Swithinbank, directed by Nancy Medina.

The Young Vic is committed to providing opportunities for directors to develop their craft and to expand their knowledge and practice. Learning from experienced artists by assisting is a vital chance to develop skills and understanding. Equally, having the chance to spend time in a theatre and to understand how the departments work together to produce work is also an important aspect of a director and theatre maker’s knowledge.

About Sting

'I should never have let you in. I usually don’t let people in.

Ash is off the rails.

Going straight from the sparkly sweat and tequila shots of the club to her first day of a new job, her new boss Lily is unimpressed. Their assignment: to catalogue historic cases of women accused of being witches. After an incident at work, Ash's boyfriend Dom enters the scene as a knight in shining armour, even providing Ash with the best present she could hope for: a pet rabbit. But as the women delve into researching a disturbing series of murders, Lily starts to get the sense that something is wrong with Ash. Or maybe, something is wrong with Dom.’

About the role

• An assistantship on a production at the Young Vic
• A small pot of money to see shows
• A paid two-week placement at the Young Vic, observing day to day running of the theatre, attending planning and management meetings and spending time in departments such as Marketing & Audiences, Production, and Development

Key Dates

Applications open - Wednesday 28 January 2026
Applications close - Wednesday 18 February 2026, 5pm 
Interviews - w/c  09 March 2026 
Rehearsals start - w/c Mon 18 May 2026  
Technical rehearsals start Mon 15 Jun - Wed 17 Jun 2026  
First preview - Thursday 18 June 2026  
Press performance - Tuesday 23 June 2026 
Final performance - Saturday 18 July 2026

Fee 

£5,000 to cover the period from appointment to the end of the run. With an additional two-week placement payment of £550 per week. 

How to apply

To find out more about how to apply, please read the Job Application pack below.
Please email your application to creatorsprogram@youngvic.org, and complete the Monitoring form found here.

Deadline to apply is Wednesday 18 February, 5pm
Interview commencing: w/c 9 March 2026