OVATION - the ITV theatre Director scheme
March 6th, 2008Each year the ITV Theatre Director Scheme (formerly the Channel 4 Theatre Director Scheme) will provide three directors with the opportunity to spend one year training at a regional theatre. The directors will work in all departments from production and fundraising to artistic programming. The scheme provides exceptional training for the directors and artistic directors of the future.
In 2010 the scheme will have been running for 50 years and can claim an impressive list of past recipients. Many ex-trainees have been or are currently artistic directors of the UK’s leading theatres. They include Michael Boyd (Artistic Director, RSC), Vicky Featherston (Artistic Director, National Theatre of Scotland), Rupert Goold (AD, Headlong), Dominic Hill (AD, Traverse, Edinburgh), Nicholas Kent (AD, Tricycle), Adrian Noble and Trevor Nunn.