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ANNUAL 2013/14

THE OLD VIC ANNUAL 2013/2014

The Year in Numbers ..............................................................................2Chief Executive’s Review ...................................................................... 4Artistic Director’s Review .......................................................................6Board, Management and Matthew Warchus ...........................................8Much Ado About Nothing .....................................................................10Fortune’s Fool ......................................................................................12Other Desert Cities ...............................................................................14Clarence Darrow ...................................................................................16The Crucible .........................................................................................18In The Round ....................................................................................... 20The 24 Hour Plays® Celebrity Gala ........................................................24Old Vic New Voices Housed .................................................................26 Talent ...................................................................28 Education .............................................................30 Community...........................................................32Beyond The Stage ................................................................................34Where We Began ..................................................................................36Illuminating The Future.........................................................................38Sustainability and Income ................................................................... 40Fundraising ..........................................................................................42Supporters .......................................................................................... 46Cast, Creatives and Staff...................................................................... 48

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THE YEAR IN NUMBERS

4,587free tickets to schools

17,795tickets sold at discounted rates to under 25s

11,096tickets sold at discounted rates to senior citizens

3,063tickets sold at discounted rates to patrons with access requirements

60,000+Twitter followers

39,000+Facebook likes

12.3mtotal income

244,938total audience figure

406performances

3,165tickets sold at discounted rates to the local community

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Chief Executive’s Review

specifications of our auditorium and expand and enhance our front and back of house facilities. We now need to begin fundraising to make it happen by 2020, something you will hear more about over the coming years.

Hot on the heels of this was the exciting news in May of the appointment of Matthew Warchus as our new Artistic Director, succeeding Kevin in September 2015. Matthew is an internally acclaimed director and a current Artistic Associate of The Old Vic, who you will know of by reputation – perhaps mostly due to his inspired creation of Matilda. Kevin and I are thrilled to have Matthew onboard. We feel strongly that his talent, ambition and vision will further transform The Old Vic, building on the bedrock that Kevin has so brilliantly laid throughout his tenure.

Kevin, our Board, and our staff have achieved much over the past decade: The Old Vic has been re-established as a major producing house, over 250,000 people visit our theatre each year, and off stage we have engaged with 2,500 people each year. Looking forward, bold plans for securing the long term future of The Old Vic’s building and underpinning its financial sustainability as a charity and a theatre without regular public subsidy will ensure our national treasure sustains.

We do all this without any subsidy – something that is often forgotten. Everything we do here – be it on stage or behind the scenes with schools, the community or emerging talent – is made possible through the loyalty of our audiences and the generosity of our supporters. What’s so fabulous about that is that we have quickly become a family. Everyone who supports us, at whatever level, is crucial and valued. The Old Vic is theirs, and yours and everyone’s.

This time next year Matthew will have opened his first season, which is a thrilling prospect. Stay with us on the journey – it’s going to be inspiring, brave, entertaining, thought-provoking and, above all, a lot of fun.

Sally GreeneChief Executive

Looking back over our tenth – yes tenth! – season of work under Kevin Spacey’s glorious Artistic Directorship of The Old Vic, we have much to celebrate.

The transformation of the auditorium into the round halfway through the year, once again made possible by the generosity of Sir Michael Hintze and his company CQS, allowed us to see The Old Vic (quite literally) from new and exciting angles. A personal highlight for me was seeing Kevin return to The Old Vic stage with a tour de force performance in the one-man show Clarence Darrow. No one will forget his force of passion as he thundered across the stage, and woe betide you if you were one of his chosen members of the jury in the second act!

‘History repeats itself. That’s one of the things wrong with history’, said Darrow. It’s a truism that feels incredibly pertinent right now. Whilst we could not be more fond of our glorious historic theatre, we are aware of its limitations as an 196-year-old building serving twenty-first century audiences and creative teams now more than ever. We are especially keen to address those aspects of the building that may impact its approachability and accessibility. We are a theatre for all, and we want to ensure our building allows us to fully realise this principle. Rome was not built in a day, but in April 2014 we reached a significant milestone in our journey to restore and open up the building when we were awarded planning permission for a scheme to upgrade the technical

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Artistic Director’s Review

Kevin SpaceyArtistic Director

Legendary actors James Earl Jones and Vanessa Redgrave played The Old Vic for the first time in Much Ado About Nothing, directed by the remarkable Mark Rylance. Talented Lucy Bailey made her directorial debut at our theatre, bringing with her a rarely presented play by Turgenev, Fortune’s Fool, in a pitch perfect adaptation by Mike Poulton. This turned out to be a great find. Sadly Iain Glen, the fortune’s fool of the title had to withdraw through illness shortly after receiving wonderful notices. At the end of the run, we became a theatre in-the-round again, thanks once more to the generosity of philanthropist Michael Hintze through his company CQS. In Jon Robin Baitz’s Other Desert Cities director Lindsay Posner displayed the extraordinary talents of Sinéad Cusack, Martha Plimpton and Clare Higgins to advantage. The year ended with Yaël Farber’s compelling five-star production of The Crucible, for which she was subsequently nominated for an Evening Standard Drama Award. The production was a great success, earning ten 5-star reviews, and Richard Armitage was deservedly acclaimed for his performance as John Proctor.

Before The Crucible run, I was delighted to play Clarence Darrow in a two-week fundraiser for The Old Vic. I have great admiration for Clarence Darrow and exploring the text with Thea Sharrock, Artistic Associate and my director of choice for this piece, was a joy. I was also very happy that we were able to give stage time to The Old Vic Community Company’s production of Housed, which

played too at Hotel Elephant. 1,368 people auditioned and the Company eventually comprised 30 performers and 45 backstage participants. When I first started my tenure as Artistic Director ten years ago, I knew I wanted to engage the community and young people in schools, as well as nurture young theatre talent. I am immensely proud to see how the work of Old Vic New Voices has gone from strength to strength.

The Old Vic is unlike any other theatre. It is a charity. It has no subsidy. It has to raise its own money from ticket sales, corporate sponsorship and public generosity. When I hand over the artistic directorship to Matthew Warchus, I want to leave him with the legacy of an endowment fund so that he doesn’t have to spend as much time as I have on fundraising. Arts Council England, while choosing not to subsidise us regularly, has endorsed our entrepreneurial approach of self reliance by giving us £5 million, conditional on our raising £15m ourselves.

We are working hard to meet this target.Thank you to our loyal audience and to the

generous individuals, companies and trusts and foundations who have supported us. In particular, I should like to thank our headline sponsors: Bank of America Merrill Lynch, PwC for the Under 25s Club and our in-the-round sponsor, CQS. Final thanks to my team at The Old Vic, who always go the extra mile. I’m full of pride and excitement to enter into my final season with you.

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It was announced in May 2014 that acclaimed director Matthew Warchus is to succeed Kevin Spacey as Artistic Director of The Old Vic. Matthew will take up the role in autumn 2015 when Kevin, currently presenting his tenth season of work as Artistic Director, steps down.

Matthew is currently an Artistic Associate at The Old Vic having directed a number of productions at the theatre, mostly recently in 2008 when he directed Kevin Spacey and Jeff Goldblum in Speed-the-Plow and also a revival of Alan Ayckbourn’s trilogy, The Norman Conquests. Matthew has now mounted over 70 productions in London and on Broadway, from new plays to classics, modern revivals, musicals and operas. His recent work includes the hit musical Matilda and the feature film Pride.

On his appointment, Matthew said: ‘I am excited and honoured to be following Kevin’s galvanising tenure at this wonderful building. He has re-established The Old Vic as a globally important theatre and I look forward to continuing to develop it as a hub of invigorating creativity’.

The Old Vic Theatre Trust Board of Trustees Matthew Warchus

Nick Clarry (Chairman)Nick Clarry is a Partner at the private equity firm CVC Capital Partners, having joined in 2003. Prior to CVC he worked in the Mergers & Acquisitions department at Goldman Sachs and then Morgan Stanley. He holds an Economics degree from the University of Cambridge.

Nick first joined The Old Vic in a fundraising capacity in 2011, and later joined the Board of The Old Vic Theatre Trust and The Old Vic Endowment Trust. He was appointed Chairman of The Old Vic Theatre Trust in 2014. Nick also serves on the Corporate Board at Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity, and the Boards of The Boat Race Company and Formula One.

Alan Banes Alan Banes is a Partner in the Corporate Department of the law firm HowardkennedyFsi. Alan works with a wide range of charities covering many sectors, including the Arts and charities operating outside the UK. Alan is also trustee of The Old Vic Endowment Board and a number of other charities.

Robert BourneRobert Bourne is a Chartered Accountant. He is Chairman of Bourne Capital, a property development and Leisure Investment company. Over the past 10 years has invested in numerous successful property and leisure projects in central London and Europe. He was instrumental in the restoration of the Richmond and Criterion Theatres.

Stephen Daldry CBEStephen Daldry is a celebrated theatre and film director whose appointments include Artistic Director of the Gate Theatre from 1989 to 1992 and the Royal Court Theatre from 1992 to 1998. His most recent theatre production is The Audience (West End and Broadway) and on film, Billy Elliott, The Hours, The Reader, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close and Trash. He was Creative Producer of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, overseeing the four opening and closing ceremonies.

Susan Gilchrist (appointed December 2014)Susan is Group Chief Executive of Brunswick Group, having previously served as US Managing Partner and Senior Partner for Brunswick’s London Office. Prior to joining Brunswick in 1995, Susan was the retail correspondent at The Times and worked as a Management Consultant at Bain & Company. She is a Founding Supporter in the US of the 30% Club and a Governor of the Southbank Centre.

Sally Greene OBE (CEO) Sally Greene is renowned for rescuing and restoring The Old Vic, Criterion and Richmond theatres. In 1998, she formed The Old Vic Theatre Trust charity with Stephen Daldry to The Old Vic’s iconic building. She is co-producer of the Tony Award-winning Billy Elliot the Musical and proprietor of the world-famous Soho jazz club, Ronnie Scott’s. In 2007 she launched Greene Light Films. She is the recipient of an OBE and a Montblanc Arts and Culture Award, in recognition of her contribution to the arts in Britain. Sally is patron of Pop-up Ltd, a community-based literature programme, and the acclaimed HighTide Festival.

Anthony Horowitz OBEAnthony Horowitz is one of the most prolific and successful writers working in the UK, working across a range of mediums, writing books, TV series, films, plays and journalism. Anthony has written over 40 books, including the bestselling teen spy series Alex Rider, and Sherlock Holmes novels House of Silk and Moriarty. Anthony is responsible for creating and writing some of the UK’s most successful television series, producing the first seven episodes of Midsomer Murders, and creating and writing award-winning drama series Foyle’s War and original dramas including Collision and Injustice. Anthony is a patron of East Anglia Children’s Hospices and the anti-bullying charity, Kidscape. He has an OBE for services to literature.

Joyce Hytner OBE In 1998 Joyce launched ACT IV, an arts consultancy working with clients from both the arts and corporate sector. Prior to this she was Head of Development at the Royal Court theatre, and before that worked at Granada TV. Throughout that period she was a member of various Health Authorities. She currently sits on the Boards of the Criterion Theatre, the Royal Court Theatre, the Manchester International Festival and the Q Foundation.

Sir Elton John CBESir Elton John is a pop singer and pianist – he has written over 600 songs, released over 30 albums and has spent more weeks in the UK chart than any other recording artist during the 1970s. He is founder of the Elton John Aids Foundation and is involved in many charities, including Nordoff Robbins Music Therapy, Terrence Higgins Trust and London Lighthouse.

Kevin McGrathKevin McGrath is a Chartered Surveyor who has worked in the property industry for 25 years. He is currently Chairman of M&M Property Asset Management LLP having previously been Senior Adviser to F&C REIT Asset Management. He is Chair of the McGrath Charitable Trust and is involved with a number of charities and trusts, including the Guildford School of Acting, the Lyric Theatre Hammersmith, the National Education Trust, the Victoria League for Commonwealth Friendship, The Prison Advice and Care Trust, the Howard league for Penal reform and the Clink Restaurant Charity.

Lady SamuelAnn Samuel founded a successful conference company in 1989 which she expanded into 11 offices overseas. Ann became involved with RADA in 1997 and helped found RADA Enterprises Ltd. She served as Managing Director of RADA Enterprises for the first three years and continues to be involved with the Academy as a non-executive Director of REL. In 2005 Ann joined The Old Vic on a consultancy basis. She retired from her position as Group Director at The Old Vic in 2009 and subsequently joined the Board of Trustees.

Executive

Conor Marren Finance DirectorJohn Richardson ProducerKate Varah Chief Operating Officer Vivien Wallace Development Director

William Shakespeare

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MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING

7 SEPTEMBER – 30 NOVEMBER 2013

96performances

64,913audience

878tickets sold at the discounted rate to local community

5,228tickets sold at the discounted rate to under 25s

2,886tickets sold at the discounted rate to senior citizens

680 tickets sold at the discounted rate to patrons with access requirements

‘Vanessa Redgrave and James Earl Jones have

an undeniable connectionEvening Standard

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Ivan Turgenev in a version by Mike Poulton

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FORTUNE’S FOOL ‘The Old Vic have struck gold with a brilliant production

The Observer

‘wonderfully funny and deeply touchingThe Daily Telegraph

6 DECEMBER 2013 – 22 FEBRUARY 2014

93performances

42,698audience





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OTHER DESERT CITIES

Jon Robin Baitz

‘this outstanding play had me completely hooked

The Daily Telegraph

‘a witty, blistering playThe Independent

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13 MARCH – 24 MAY 2014 98performances

37,117audience





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CLARENCE DARROW

David W Rintels

‘Kevin Spacey shines in barnstorming performance

The Guardian

‘Spacey is spellbindingThe Daily Telegraph

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28 MAY – 15 JUNE 2014 23performances

21,681audience


722tickets sold at the discounted rate to under 25s

49tickets sold at the discounted rate to senior citizens


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THE CRUCIBLE

Arthur Miller

‘a production of electrifying intensity

The Daily Telegraph

‘unmissableThe Independent

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78,529audience





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What does it take to entirely reconfigure an auditorium? We find out from The Old Vic’s Production Manager

It is Saturday 22 February 2013 and the end of another successful run at The Old Vic. The cast may be celebrating closing night but the theatre’s production and stage management team are on full alert.

The countdown has begun. They have just two weeks to transform the iconic auditorium, usually characterised by its proscenium arch, into a fully blown theatre in the round. Already the Fortune’s Fool set has been dismantled, seats are being stripped out, as are box fronts and floors. The next day, more of the same as existing overheads and technical bridges now make way. By the end of the weekend, the space is clear enough for large pieces of the alternative structure to be manoeuvred in.

‘We’re hitting it hard,’ admits The Old Vic’s Production Manager Dominic Fraser. ‘When we first tackled the transformation in 2008, we had three weeks in total. Now we’re relying on our previous experience coupled with the fact that many elements of the structure are already built to shave off a full week from the process.’

Six years ago, the CQS Space was actually constructed in several layers offsite and then delivered to the auditorium to be assembled. A season of plays, including Alan Ayckbourn’s The Norman Conquests and Brian Friel’s Dancing at Lughnasa, was produced on the dynamic new central stage. Upon the season’s close, the specially constructed layers of the modified auditorium were carefully packed up and taken

IN THE ROUND

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into storage. Today they need to be dusted off and brought out in exactly the right sequence for reassembly. Fraser foresees a certain amount of facelift and repair work that will need to be completed in the days ahead. A team of between 20 and 30 staff will be involved, with more hands onsite when bulky steel needs to be shifted into place.

For those who are familiar with the traditional auditorium, it is hard to believe The Old Vic’s stage remains largely unchanged. Indeed it is the appearance of 220 new seats on the stage, on two levels, that really plays tricks with the eye. There is a thrill to be seated in the same spot where a succession of modern acting greats have very recently performed.

Carpets will need to be laid fresh for this season and new bridges and positions installed for technical equipment. The auditorium’s glittering chandelier also has to be retired, albeit temporarily. Then there’s the finishing touches – or the window dressing – including applying seat numbers. But once the team has reached

this point, the end will be in sight.‘There are not that many theatres in London where

you can achieve such a fundamental change,’ Fraser points out. ‘What audiences notice is that our in the round auditorium feels finished, rooted, permanent. We’ve purposefully avoided a raw aesthetic, instead selecting colours and finishes that chime with the rest of the theatre.’

In the round transformation team as of February 2014 Project Director Dominic Fraser

Design Consultant Andrew Todd

Auditorium Construction Weld-Fab Engineering

Technical Bridge Construction Capital Scenery

Rigging Unusual Rigging

Carpeting Show Flooring

Assistant Production Manager Angela Barrett

Head of Stage Tom Humphrey

Deputy Head of Stage Steve Grant

Stage Chargehand James Boston

Head of Electrics Doug Currie

Deputy Head of Electrics Miriam Spencer

Carpenters Craig Emmerson Mick FernandezTony HarveyGraham Wells

Technical Apprentice Chantal Wilson

Electricians Alan FotheringhameOlly Welsh Sound Supervisor Gary Giles

Sound EngineersDavid Gregory Neil Rose

CQS Space Construction Team Bede Armstrong Rezan Ahamed-Lebbe Bud Beale Geoff Grint Keith HayesDenzil KeimRichard LatterLloyd McLeanAlistair NoonanTom PatulloDom SeeberJohn SherrardCharlie SmithKate StokesRory ThomsonBrian WatsonDugald WattRhys Aherne Bar Design Sam Fellows

Painters George CalderwoodPatrícia Gilvaia Patrick JensenSam MillerConor Neaves

Toilets Igloos LTD

Disabled lift Freeway Lifts

Consultant Structural Engineers Campbell Rieth

Drafting Simon Jessel

Fire Risk Assessor John Young

Reconfiguration Photographs Matt Humphrey

Thanks to Charles Bateson Eloisa CuturiPaul DarceyEstelle HondierRob HowellPetra LuckmanCecilia MontesMatthew Warchus

The Old Vic’s familiar auditorium is stripped back, reconstructed and given the all-important finishing touches as it evolves into a theatre-in-the-round

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THE 24 HOUR PLAYS® CELEBRITY GALA 10th ANNIVERSARY

The 24 Hour Plays® Celebrity Gala is our annual public event that raises vital funds to support the work of Old Vic New Voices. In 2013, the Gala celebrated its 10th anniversary having run every year since 2004.

The unmissable event, produced in partnership with The 24 Hour Company, brought together 24 celebrity actors, including Douglas Booth, Anthony Head, Allen Leech, Harry Lloyd, Lesley Sharp, Robert Sheehan, Catherine Tate and Jack Whitehall. They were joined by 6 writers and 6 directors, including Jesse Armstrong, Cush Jumbo, Rebecca Lenkiewicz, Maria Friedman, James Grieve and Michael Longhurst

The newly-formed company were challenged to write, rehearse and perform six new plays all in the space of 24 hours, culminating in the glamorous gala evening at The Old Vic presented to an audience of 1,000 on Sunday 24 November 2013 and hosted by the fantastic Rob Brydon. The performance was accompanied by The Craze Band from One Man Two Guv’nors, who provided live music throughout the evening.

A glittering post-show party, The 25th Hour, was hosted by Rosewood London for guests and participants and was featured in the Evening Standard, i newspaper, The Guardian, The Mail on Sunday, and Hello! Magazine. The evening raised a remarkable £182,000.

‘It was one of the most enjoyable experiences I’ve had performing for a long time... I would love to do a play. If I didnt have the bug to do it before, I have it now’

Jack Whitehall, The 24 Hour Plays® 2013

HOUSED

Housed by David Watson was The Old Vic Community Company’s hugely ambitious and successful first production. Housed examined the capital’s housing crisis, and was inspired by the testimonies of Londoners who took part in workshops and interviews across the city. Over 200 individuals contributed their opinions and experiences, including landlords, housing officers and people who have first-hand experience of homelessness.

1,368 people applied to be involved in the production, and all of them took part in creative workshop auditions. We invited 30 performers and 45 backstage participants to form the final company. All of them selected for their talent and passion for their community.

The production was staged in the round at Hotel Elephant and The Old Vic, reaching different audiences for each show, and challenging the Company to learn about performing in two very different venues. Tickets were offered completely free of charge so there was no barrier to access the performances, and a total of 2,200 people came to see the production – 40% of these were entirely new to The Old Vic.

THE OLD VIC COMMUNITY COMPANYThe Old Vic Community Company is a pioneering new model of community theatre offering members the opportunity to work

In response to our evaluation survey:– 31% of the audience rarely or never go to the theatre– 80% of the audience felt their knowledge was broadened by the production– 85% of the participants felt their confidence had increased as a result of taking part– 90% of the participants felt that taking part had increased their wellbeing– 96% of participants felt they had learnt new skills– 100% of participants rated the experience as Good to Excellent

Whilst second homes lie empty, thousands of Londoners are facing skyrocketing rents and the threat of homelessness. As the gap between home-owners and ‘generation rent’ widens, Housed asked, ‘Who wins in the race to get a place?’

together for a full three years. As it grows, the Community Company will become London’s largest inclusive theatre company, with the aim of connecting individuals, providing them with a creative outlet and empowering them to tackle social issues through theatre.

Through Housed we:– presented 6 performances in Hotel Elephant and at The Old Vic– gave 30 people experience of performing– trained 45 participants in backstage disciplines– auditioned over 1,200 people aged 16 – 75– gave free tickets to 2,200 audience members

‘Community theatre as it should be. Diverse and interesting stories told to an equally diverse audience’

Audience member

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Professional support and development initiatives for emerging theatre makers, stimulating creativity and rewarding talent

In 2013/2014 we: – mentored 60 new companies – supported 845 participating emerging theatre makers– provided 1,734 hours of free rehearsal space– invested £16,000 in new projects and ideas

THE LABWe offered free rehearsal space for emerging companies to experiment and explore new ideas without the pressure of delivering a finished end-product. Companies supported by the Lab this year have created work covering areas as diverse as family dynamics, bitcoin, the First World War, quantum mechanics and new forms of puppetry. We also expanded the programme across the UK, provided Lab space to companies based in Wales and Scotland as well as London and the South East, significantly contributing to the theatre landscape in the UK. START UPSMany emerging artists can struggle to transform their creative ideas into tangible projects, meaning there can be a lack of innovation feeding into the wider theatre industry. To better support these new ideas, our Start Ups programme provides early investment to inventive, original theatre projects. This year we supported 20 projects, investing a total of £16,000. This funding ensured that each project progressed to its next stage,

actors, directors, musicians and producers, all former participants in our Talent programmes.

The writers were: Daniel Andersen, Jon Barton, Jake Brunger, Zoe Cooper, Matt Hartley, Steve Hevey, Cat Jones, Kieran Lynn and Nessah Muthy.

THE MONO BOXWe continued our partnership with The Mono Box provides access to 800 carefully curated monologues and audition advice for aspiring actors. Over 300 performers attended The Mono Box events that we hosted this year, and we continue to support their team with ongoing mentoring and publicity.

covering essential costs such as wages, materials, and professional development.

One project which epitomised our approach is Mush and Me which explored a young couple’s experience of multicultural Britain. We supported the project with a Start Up fund and Lab space to enable the team to develop it further with actors and the writer, who had previously only written one full-length play. After a hugely successful run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, the production was booked to perform at The Bush Theatre and also won the Holden Street Theatre Award, which will fund a full run of the production at the Adelaide Fringe Festival in Australia.

TS ELIOT COMMISSIONSWe are committed to promoting new writing and giving writers the time and support needed to test and refine their plays. We selected 9 writers from our pool of TS Eliot Commissions recipients to develop their work with a full creative team. This included feedback on drafts and up to four days in a rehearsal room with experienced

TALENT

Actors’ masterclass with Clare Higgins as part of Bloomingdale’s Classics Week in New York Research and Development workshop for the TS Eliot Commissions 2014

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SCHOOLS CLUBOur fifth year of Schools Club gave students and educators from London schools a holistic and hands-on experience of a full season at the Theatre entirely free of charge.

The year-long programme directly links to the Theatre’s season on stage and to GCSE and A-Level curriculum objectives. This year 1,045 students attended intensive practical workshops in school before coming to see each production at The Old Vic. The workshops creatively explored themes and characters from the show and also focused on developing cross-curricular skills in team work, self-confidence, public speaking and leadership.

Teachers were given preparatory resource packs for use in lessons which included detailed notes and articles about the play and interviews with the cast and creative team. The packs were made available online so any school visiting the Theatre can access this informative resource. Since January 2014, our education page has received over 200 hits. Throughout the year, teachers also had access to bespoke professional development sessions, which focused on a range of techniques such as forum theatre and documentary theatre. The sessions focused on a range of techniques such as forum theatre and documentary theatre and how they can be used in the classroom to enrich the learning experiences of students.

CHILDREN AND FAMILIESOver the summer we ran inclusive storytelling and puppetry workshops for Kids Week, an annual event organised by the Society of London Theatres. One workshop was for children aged 5–8 years, and the other for young people with autism or Asperger’s Syndrome and their siblings. We also ran an Introduction to Theatre session with a group of Lambeth students in the first year of a new secondary school.

PAGE TO STAGESupported by Bank of America Merrill Lynch, we held a one-off experience for three selected schools exploring our production of Much Ado About Nothing. Over a day, students were challenged to create their own version of the play with workshops in design, producing, marketing and directing, guided by specialists in those areas. The day culminated in a group presentation of their proposals on The Old Vic stage, followed by watching the production later that evening.

Unique education projects that give schools access to imaginative workshops for students and teachers and free tickets for every Old Vic production

In 2013/2014, we:– worked with 44 London schools – created 105 pages of education resources– delivered 364 hours of workshops – engaged 1,178 young people – gave out 4,606 free theatre tickets

The schools that took part in 2013/2014 from across London were:

Ark Academy, Aylward Academy, Blackheath and Bluecoat Church of England School, Bonus Pastor Catholic College, Burlington Danes Academy, Cardinal Wiseman School, Christ the King Sixth Form College, City and Islington Sixth Form College, Copthall School, Finchley Catholic High School, Forest Gate Community School, Forest Hill School, Fortismere School, Greenshaw High School, Harris Academy Upper Norwood, Havering Sixth Form College, Haydon School, Hewens College, La Sainte Union Catholic School, Leigh Technology Academy, Lister Community School, London Nautical School, Northumberland Park, Community School, Notre Dame RC Girls’ Secondary School, Our Lady’s Convent High School, Plumstead Manor School, Robert Clack School, Sedgehill School, St Bonaventures, St Mary’s Catholic High School, St Paul’s Way Trust School, St Thomas More Language College, St Martin-in-the-Fields High School for Girls, The Crest Academies, The John Roan School, Thomas Tallis School, Wallington County Grammar School, Walthamstow School for Girls, Wembley High Technology College, Woolwich Polytechnic School

OLD VIC NEW VOICES EDUCATION

Old Vic New Voices Schools Club 2014 Puppetry workshop at The Old Vic as part of Kids Week 2014

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THE OLD VIC COMMUNITY COMPANYThe Old Vic Community Company was created for Londoners from every background to explore shared social issues and express themselves collectively as writers, performers and production-makers. Throughout 2013/2014 we held six drop-in sessions that explored shared concerns through theatre. We also held bootcamps to enable first time performers to test and hone their acting abilities in a friendly and fun environment. Workshops took place across London, linking into various local groups and events including Streatham Festival, London Arts & Health Forum and Coin Street’s Waterloo Sights and Sounds Festival. We also created the first community production from the newly formed Community Company. The production was Housed by David Watson and explored Londoners attitudes to the housing crisis.

COMMUNITY ACCESSLambeth and Southwark are priority areas for us, and we are always looking to find new ways to engage with our neighbours. We worked with local community groups including Age UK: Lambeth, Waterloo Association of Groups and St Mungo’s

and provided writing advice and feedback to 30 shortlisted applicants. The seven writers selected to be part of the programme attended writing masterclasses with highly regarded playwrights like Roy Williams, and have each had one-on-one surgeries with Old Vic New Voices alumnus Kenny Emson to further develop their own style and technique. The seven writers collaborated to create a one-off Monologue Slam inspired by Housed which was performed to an invited audience in The Old Vic’s Rehearsal Room.

Ambitious, innovative projects which inspire hundreds of people to create and experience theatre first-hand In 2013/2014, we:– discovered 7 community writers– recruited 75 Community Company members– welcomed 226 local group members into the theatre for the first time– engaged 368 individuals through community drop-ins and theatre bootcamps – offered 3,165 reduced price community tickets

Community Housing Association. 3,165 people use our reduced cost community tickets which are available to anyone living or working in the local area.

COMMUNITY WRITERSWriting is a vital form of expression, but often it can be daunting to know how or where to start. This year we began a year long programme of support for writers with little or no experience, but plenty of passion and opinions. We received over 200 applications from a hugely diverse group of individuals,

‘It has enabled me to meet, work, and be inspired by a wonderful new community that I know I can feel part of’

Community Company member

COMMUNITY

Rehearsals for The Old Vic Community Company’s first production, Housed Meet and Greet for The Old Vic Community Company’s production, Housed

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bring our productions to the stage, and hear some of the stories of the acting greats and their experiences in this historic building.

Our Christmas and 196th Birthday Tours proved extremely popular this year. Responding to popular demand, we increased our number of tours this year, holding 52 history tours and taking 843 people around the building and onto the stage. A diverse range of groups included The Frank Matcham Society, Coin Street Community Centre, and Lloyds.

We continued our participation in Open House London with a special tour, with nearly 50 people attending, our largest ever attendance.

POST-SHOW TALKS Throughout the year, we offered our audiences behind-the-scenes insights into each production. These included Vanessa Redgrave talking about her role as Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing and renowned theatre critic Matt Wolf in conversation with cast members of Fortune’s Fool and Other Desert Cities. Matt also hosted Richard Armitage In Conversation where they discussed Richard’s role as John Proctor in The Crucible.

THE PIT SESSIONSLaunched in 2010, The Pit Sessions – downstairs in The Pit Bar every Friday – offer theatre-goers and the local community the opportunity to see fresh music talent. For the first time this year

commissioned articles to explore the themes of a show and provide further background on the play. For example, our Much Ado About Nothing programme saw Dr William Leahy investigate why the thorny subject of the authorship of Shakespeare’s plays and poems is here to stay; for Fortune’s Fool Mike Poulton discussed why rarely seen European masterpieces are worth bringing back to life onstage; in our Other Desert Cities programme award-winning journalist Barbara Isenberg explored the impossible glamour of America’s west coast; for Clarence Darrow author John A. Farrell looked at the turbulent life of the titular legal legend; and for The Crucible Professor Sharon Monteith explored how The Crucible’s allegorical potency continues to affect a twenty-first century audience.

SPECIAL EVENTSIn October 2013 we hosted the Frank Matcham Society for a morning of lectures and tours exploring the life and career of the architect, whose firm undertook major works at The Old Vic in the 1920s.

In May 2014 The Old Vic was honoured to host a memorial for Peter O’Toole. ‘Still Loitering’ was a celebration of Peter O’Toole’s life, led by his daughter Kate O’Toole. The celebration included readings by Benedict Cumberbatch, Kevin Spacey and the Irish President Michael D. Higgins.

ACCESSThe Old Vic is known for delivering an excellent service to all of our visitors, and we pride ourselves on the care and attention we give when responding to access requirements. The building is nearly 200 years old, and some areas aren’t as accessible as we hope they’ll become, but our staff receive regular training and understand the importance of ensuring that everyone who comes through our doors has the best possible experience.

We programme regular assisted performances for every main stage show, including captioned and audio described performances and touch tours for every production, and produce braille and large print programmes. This year we captioned our Old Vic Community Company production of Housed and hope to do the same for future Community Company productions. We also look forward to utilising funds kindly contributed by Boshier-Hinton Foundation towards upgrading our infra-red system of audio enhancement in the auditorium.

HISTORY TOURSOur tours offer members of the public the opportunity to gain a new insight into the long and eventful history of The Old Vic, one of London’s oldest working theatres. In 2013/14 local groups and those from further afield were able to learn more about the Theatre as it operates in its transformed in the round configuration, gain a greater understanding of what it takes to

Pit Sessions artists were selected to perform at The 24 Hour Plays® Celebrity Gala. As we continue to work to expand the opportunities we offer and the range of acts we showcase, we have started holding acoustic Pit Sessions on Monday evenings.

EXHIBITIONSWe continued our long-term loan agreement with the Victoria and Albert Museum this year, displaying beautiful prints of The Old Vic throughout its history and giving visitors a glimpse into the theatre’s rich past. From September to November 2013, we hosted an exhibition by the Peter Glenville Foundation, displaying photographs and posters from the actor’s numerous films and theatre productions. Celebrating ten years of our emerging talent, education and community programme, Old Vic New Voices, in 2014, we also showcased photographs from Old Vic New Voices numerous productions.

PROGRAMMESProgrammes add to the theatre experience by adding context to the play and its creative team and cast, providing information about The Old Vic’s range of activities, and acting as a lasting memento of a great night out. To ensure that our programmes are available to all, we provide copies in large print and braille.

As well as giving audiences full information about the team behind the production, our programmes include specially

BEYOND THE STAGE

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WHERE WE BEGAN

The Old Vic has been a landmark for nearly 200 years. It’s one of London’s oldest working theatres and has provided

a dramatic home for an extraordinary roll call of actors.

1818The Theatre starts life as the Royal Coburg, promising the nobility and gentry ‘entirely new entertainment... on a scale of magnitude and great expense’.

1830–70sThe Theatre is renamed The Royal Victoria, in honour of Princess (later Queen) Victoria. It undergoes a number of changes of management. Dickens writes, ‘Whatever changes of fashion the drama knows elsewhere, it is always fashionable in the New Cut’. The Theatre’s twice put up for sale in the 1870s, before closing down.

1880–1900sEmma Cons, a leading social reformer, re-opens The Old Vic as ‘a cheap and decent place of amusement on strict temperance lines’. Philanthropist Samuel Morley offers evening classes for working men and women backstage.

1910–30sUnder the management of Lilian Baylis, the Theatre flourishes and she adopts ‘The Old Vic’, a popular local nickname, as its official title. She opens a second theatre, Sadler’s Wells, and the two venues alternate drama, opera and ballet until 1934 when opera and ballet move to Sadler’s Wells. Sybil Thorndike leads the company during the war years, with performances continuing during air raids. Edith Evans becomes the first West End star to join the company. John Gielgud’s Hamlet and Richard II establish him as an exciting new Shakespearean star. Ralph Richardson, Peggy Ashcroft and Charles Laughton join the company, followed by Michael Redgrave, Alec Guinness and Laurence Olivier a couple of years before the Theatre closes at the outbreak of war.

1940–50sThe building re-opens in 1940 but is badly hit by bombs. While the company move to a temporary home, the damaged auditorium is used by the newly established Old Vic School. The Theatre re-opens in 1950 and the decade sees Richard Burton as Hamlet and Judi Dench in Zeffirelli’s Romeo and Juliet.

1960–76Laurence Olivier is appointed the first director of the National Theatre in 1963 and The Old Vic becomes its temporary home, initially for five years. The first production is Hamlet with Peter O’Toole. Company regulars include Albert Finney, Anthony Hopkins, Joan Plowright and Maggie Smith. In 1973, following his last stage performance, The Party, Olivier resigns as director of the National and is succeeded by Peter Hall. The National finally moves to the South Bank in 1976.

1977–97The Old Vic is leased to visiting companies. Canadian businessman Ed Mirvish buys the Theatre in 1982 and restores it to its former glory. Work during this period includes seasons by Jonathan Miller and Peter Hall.

1998–2003The Theatre’s up for sale again. Suggestions for changing it into a themed pub, bingo hall or lap-dancing club provoke outrage and protests. It’s acquired by The Old Vic Theatre Trust, set up by Sally Greene. The Iceman Cometh, with Kevin Spacey, is a huge success.

2004–14The Theatre returns to its roots as a producing house, with Spacey as the first Artistic Director of The Old Vic Theatre Company. Four or five shows are staged each season, including Ian McKellen in Aladdin, Robert Lindsay in The Entertainer, Anne-Marie Duff in Cause Célèbre, Eve Best in The Duchess of Malfi, A Moon for the Misbegotten and The Norman Conquests (both transfer to Broadway), Kim Catrall in Sweet Bird of Youth, Spacey in Richard II and Richard III, and the three-year The Bridge Project directed by Sam Mendes and tours worldwide. Yaël Farber’s The Crucible gained ten 5-star reviews, the most in The Old Vic history and became the first production to be filmed and broadcast in UK and Irish cinemas. In May 2014, Matthew Warchus is announced as Kevin Spacey’s successor as Artistic Director, to assume the post when Spacey’s tenure ends in Autumn 2015.

From left Edith Evans, The Country Wife; Peggy Ashcroft, Caesar and Cleopatra ; Laurence Olivier, Henry V; Alec Guiness, Hamlet; Sinéad Cusack, The Winter’s Tale; Kevin Spacey, Richard III.

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ILLUMINATING THE FUTURE

owners of the building, spent generously. The auditorium remains magnificent but other parts of the building, while safe, are in urgent need of transformation. We lack front-of-house facilities that audiences have come to expect elsewhere and we’re in danger of losing the ability to attract creative talent if we don’t upgrade facilities backstage.

In April 2014, we were awarded planning permission for a sensitive and visionary scheme to restore The Old Vic. As well as offering a better experience for theatregoers, we want to open up the front of house to everyone during the day, flood the foyers with light through some of the old side windows, which were bricked up in the 1920s, and make the theatre totally accessible for the first time. We have already bought the building immediately to the south of the theatre, and we propose that this will become part of The Old Vic with a new studio auditorium seating 80 to 100 and a learning space for education and community work.

As our bicentenary approaches in 2018, a priority for The Old Vic is to raise the money to realise these ambitious plans to ensure that the next generation of actors and audiences will continue to enjoy the theatre as so many have done before.

We are working to provide long-term financial security for The Old Vic, aiming to enhance our position as a major producing house and developing our historic, listed building for generations to come.

No matter how successful we are onstage, it can’t ensure the future viability of the theatre across the broad range of our work. As The Old Vic doesn’t receive a regular public subsidy from any source – we’re entirely dependent on our Box Office, commercial income and the support of individuals, companies, trusts and foundations – we have started an endowment fund, allowing the theatre in effect to create its own subsidy for the future.

The endowment fund, which we hope to grow over time, will help us to stage exceptional productions, sustain our award-winning talent development, creative learning and community engagement programme, and maintain our building. We are grateful to Arts Council England for its support of match funding (2012-15) to help start this fund through its Catalyst programme.

It is challenging to run a theatre today that was conceived and built nearly 200 years ago. The most recent renovation was in the 1970s and 80s when Ed and David Mirvish, the then

We have bold plans to secure the future of The Old Vic as a producing house. ‘The historical significance of The Old Vic

as a leading centre of opera, ballet and serious theatre in the twentieth century is exceptional in English theatre, though it is in recognition of its architectural quality and rarity that it is listed in a high grade.’

English Heritage Grade II* Listed Building Entry

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2013/14 Box office

£6.007m Trading & other income

£2.291m Fundraising & campaigns

£4.001m

Total £12.299m49+19+32+F49%

32%

19%

SUSTAINABILITY AND INCOME

Our recycling continues to climb and compared to the same period in 2012/13 we are now recycling 150kg more per month, and our paper recycling has saved 353 trees over the past year.

HOMEGROWNOur policy is to work wherever possible with local independent suppliers. Our ice cream is organic and produced by Roskilly’s, an independent family-run farm in Cornwall. Belu provide our bottled water – they use recycled packaging, are carbon neutral and give 100% of their profits to WaterAid. Fairfield Farm Crisps are a small family-run farm on the Essex/Suffolk border that produces quality potatoes and crisps. We take pride in investing in small British sustainable businesses who share our values.

COMMUNITYWe are committed to playing an active role within our community and engaging with local residents. This year 2,868 residents of Lambeth and Southwark benefited from £5/£10 tickets to our productions. The Old Vic Community Company held various free drop-in workshops and collaborated with Talk to me London to encourage local people to get to know one another. We have also cultivated strong relationships with key community organisations such as Waterloo Action Centre,

ENVIRONMENTWe are committed to reducing our carbon footprint and being an environmentally responsible theatre. Long-term goals include 100% recycled paper use and zero waste to landfill or incinerator, as well as dramatically reducing our energy consumption.

We have already replaced most of our front of house light bulbs with LEDS and are continuing to replace others wherever possible. From next year, we will produce an annual environmental report to assess progress with key statistics on electricity, gas, water, paper, waste production and recycling. Achievements this year include:

– 41% of our business consumables are now eco-friendly products and we are working to increase this percentage– 100% recycled paper made from post-consumer waste of FSC certified products is used as standard throughout the building– All front of house waste is recycled as a matter of policy – All desk lamps in the building being replaced with low energy 5W LED lamps

Coin Street Community Builders and Blackfriars Settlement to ensure residents are able to access our services and productions.

PEOPLEWe are committed to being an equal opportunities employer and providing on-going training and development to all staff. This year we formally adopted the ‘ban the box’ policy, which ensures a fair opportunity for ex-offenders to apply for jobs. We continue to develop work opportunities for young people and during 2013/14 employed a Technical Apprentice in partnership with Tower Hamlets, a BBC Fellow in Community Production and an Old Vic New Voices Intern in partnership with Southwark Borough Council.

INCOMEThe Old Vic is a charity and doesn’t receive a public subsidy. All income goes towards

– Bringing exceptional productions to the stage– Sustaining the quality of our education and community programme– Maintaining our famous building for future generations

2012/13 Box office

£7.376m Trading & other income

£2.168m Fundraising & campaigns

£3.078m

Total £12.622m59+17+24+F59%

24%

17%

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FUNDRAISING

income grow by more than 10% and doubled over the past two years.

This season saw the transformation of our auditorium to an in the round configuration, which was made possible by the generous support of CQS. We remain extremely grateful to our Season Sponsor; Bank of America Merrill Lynch and to PwC who support our Under 25’s Club, which enables us to offer 100 £12 tickets to every performance.

We are also delighted to be working with Bloomberg and to be continuing our partnerships with Coutts, American Express, Aqua Financial Ltd and Centreground Political Communications all of whom play such an important part in supporting our work.

INDIVIDUALSThis year has seen us gain a number of Production Partners and we also launched a new tier of affordable membership, Premium Friends. The announcement of Clarence Darrow, The Crucible and Electra resulted in a surge of new Friends, Associates and Patrons and contributed to increasing our numbers to 345 members and over 3000 Friends. Thanks to our website upgrade, we experienced a markedly positive uptake in terms of supporters joining and renewing their donations online.

The loyalty and engagement of our generous individual donors continues to represent a solid backbone to our philanthropic giving scheme.

CORPORATECompanies engage with The Old Vic through structured membership options and bespoke sponsorship packages. Benefits include brand alignment, private entertaining around our productions, ticket allocations, invitations to exclusive events, staff engagement and training programmes and community engagement. This year, we have seen corporate

Thanks to the generosity of our supporters, in 2013/14 we raised a staggering £4 million.

‘The Old Vic is extraordinarily good at making its funders feel valued, which makes it easy for us to continue our support’

Rena DeSisto, Bank of America Merrill Lynch

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projects and commissions for exceptional new playwrights. This year’s Talent programme was supported by The TS Eliot Estate, The Marina Kleinwort Charitable Trust, the Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation and the Stanley Picker Trust.

EVENTSIn the last year, we produced over 75 events for The Old Vic supporters with more than 7,500 guests in attendance.

In addition to these events, we also hosted a number of major annual fundraisers, including The Old Vic Lunch and The 24 Hour Plays® Celebrity Gala.

We pride ourselves on being entrepreneurial in fundraising initiatives and our event partnerships and this year, we successfully hosted our first ever online auction and raffle of a neon by Tracey Emin in association with Christie’s.

THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATES OF THE OLD VICThe American Associates of the Old Vic is comprised of theatre-lovers who have been instrumental in supporting The Old Vic, both onstage and off, on both sides of the Atlantic.

TRUSTS AND FOUNDATIONSThis year, we have been able to deliver a diverse range of outreach and education projects, thanks to the generous support of trusts and foundations. Highlights include:

HousedThe Old Vic Community Company created its first production, Housed. Over 1200 people auditioned and the final production was performed on The Old Vic stage, featuring a cast of 30 and 45 backstage crew members. Housed, was supported by The Andor Charitable Trust, Big Lottery Fund, The Behrens Foundation, The Charlotte Bonham-Carter Charitable Trust, CHK Charities Ltd,

Co-operative Community Fund, The Fidelio Charitable Trust, The Hearn Foundation, Sandra Charitable Trust, Schroder Charity Trust, Stavros Niarchos Foundation and Unity Theatre Trust.

Schools ClubThis year, Schools Club was delivered to 40 secondary schools engaging over 100 14-18 year olds. Schools Club is supported by the Dr Mortimer & Theresa Sackler Foundation.

Emerging TalentOld Vic New Voices Talent helps the next generation of theatre-makers build their careers. In 2013/14, we provided free rehearsal space, networking and mentoring with industry professional, Start Up Awards to develop creative

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SUPPORTERS

INDIVIDUAL SUPPORT

PRODUCTION PARTNERSKevin & Alisa BurkeNick & Caroline ClarryWendy Fisher Ian & Carol SellarsScott & Kathleen SimpsonBruno WangThe Williams Charitable Trust

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR’S CIRCLERod Aldridge OBELouise & Jamie Arnell Celia & Edward Atkin CBECarolyn BennettSir Peter BlakeIsabelle de La BruyèreGordon Campbell GrayRichard CaringDina De Luca Chartouni*Sir Ronald & Lady CohenNick & Philippa Cooper Siri & Rob CopeBob & Jennifer DiamondRobert EarlTracey EminDr Paul EttlingerRalph & Anna GoldenbergLydia & Manfred GorvyPhilip & Tina GreenPeter & Andrea De HaanRichard & Susan HaydenMichael & Dorothy HintzeSir Tom HunterBadr JafarAnita M Jaffe*Eva & Ofir KedarAdam KenwrightStephen & Sigrid KirkEvgeny LebedevAlan & Marsha Nuriya LeeKenneth & Melissa LeetViscount & Viscountess

LinleyAnnie & Steven MurphyMrs Glenys PalmerStephen & Yana Peel Francesca RobinsonDavid Ross FoundationSir Evelyn & Lynn Forester de

RothschildDame Theresa SacklerMrs Lily Safra

David & Manjy SidooJonathan & Lisa SwinneyAdrian TeulonEdgar & Judith WallnerLisa West*Nigel WilsonPoju & Anita Zabludowicz

PRODUCERS’ CIRCLEMary & Irwin Ackerman*John & Laura BanesClaire BullusMichael & Blake DaffeyDavid & Sheila HodgkinsonMaureen Gardner Susan Gilchrist* Cerys & Paul Hopkirk Samantha & John HuntSimon & Nicki Philips The David & Elaine Potter

FoundationMichael & Aileen

Sandle-BrownlieKenny & Ilona SchachterThe Peter J Solomon Family

Foundation*Nicola StanhopeChristian Sweeting

BENEFACTORSJon & Julia Aisbitt Arthur G Altschul Jr*The Alec Baldwin

Foundation*Peter M Beckwith OBE Dr Kate Best Archer and Ashlee BishopCharlie & Lulu BottRoger Bradburn & Helen

MainNicole BueermannVanessa & John CackettYvonne ChadwickKaran A ChananaEdward & Betsy Cohen*Clare CooperCouncillor Kevin Craig Scott M Delman*Laura GalloChris HallTerry & Nicola HitchcockSophie Hughes*Mrs Vanzel JohnsonMr & Mrs Philip Kingsley

Richard, Rebecca & Benjamin Lander & Sarah Barclay

Andy LennardDr Sara LeveneRic Lewis & Ilina SinghAudrey Mandela & Sean

PhelanLord & Lady Marks of

BroughtonAmy Nauiokas*David & Alessandra Newton Peter & May NicolSusan PilcherAnnemarie PlatteauLee & Michael Profenius*Toni A Ritzenberg*Wendi & Joseph B Rose

Foundation*Ruddock Foundation for

the ArtsBill & Julie RyanJim & Linda Scholes Jon & NoraLee Sedmak*John & Ann SmithSue & Stuart StradlingSir David TangJan E Taylor*Mr & Mrs Nick WheelerCharles Wynn- Evans &

Alex McCollThe Donald & Barbara Zucker

Family Foundation*

PATRONSEddy AllebeFizzy BarclayCountess Kelly Barel di Sant

Albano Ralph & Yasmine Bernstein*Derek BettsJudith Bland GordonLéon & Sylvie BresslerAmjad & Suha Bseisu Jeanne & William CallananJosh Connor*Monica Corsi*Chris & Chris CoxPaul DarlingAvis Darzins & Tony PuseyMr & Mrs Walford DaviesSusie & Kevin Davis*Mr Remmel T Dickinson*Kelley & Gordon EichhorstOlivia Flatto*Nick & Sue Francis

Sarah Gates & Michael LaneHon William GibsonRachael GilbertRichard & Jan GrandisonMark W B HarmsCoreen R HesterSoo & Jonathan HitchinTracy HofmanPreety & David HuddKate HudspethMarion & Steven JonesSteve Keller & Berry

BloomingdaleNicola KerrLatifa KostaMr & Mrs Herbert KretzmerDavid KurtzGordon LeeAnn LewisMolly Lowell & David

Borthwick*Lesley Jane LynnRobert & Sally MacGregorMr & Mrs Edward MadaraStephen & Fiorella MasseyJohn McLaughlinZofia McLoughlinJames McNeill & Mark AmesMichelle Mercer & Bruce

GoldenCheryl & Philip Milstein*Richard Mishaan*Andrew & Charlotte MoffatAnne Monaghan Gabrielle & Marc NohrKate O’NeillJeff & Sally OnionsKate O’ShaughnessyRobert Ouimette*William PidduckMartin & Cathy PluckRose Polidoro* Richard PoneThe Porter Foundation Lauren PrakkeKimberly Putzer*Patricia Ranken*Lady Jane Rayne LaceyRosemary Reid Charitable

Fund* Clare RichMarion RubensRobert Sadotti & Viveca

ThempoCarol & Lawrence Saper*

Miss Aman SharmaKarin Sherman*Tom & Helena SikorskiDiane SilverthorneAnthony Simpson & Susan

BosterTracy & Jay Snyder*Marion SpeedAnnie SpiersMrs Kara Lemont SportelliHugh & Catherine StevensonAdam & Sheri Sticpewich Francis SultanaStephen & Nancy ThoringtonSonia & Paul Tudor Jones*Margaret TurnerMatthew & Jo TurnerBob & Anne Van GiesonAnthony & Kit Van TullekenInes Varela-SilvaMr & Mrs Xavier de VianaKevin & Susan WallaceMonica Gerard-Sharp

Wambold & Ali E Wambold*Mr & Mrs Philip B

Weymouth III*Ailsa WhiteSue WhiteMr Neil WhittinghamProf David WingateAndrew & Skye WitneyDanny & Alison WitterAnn Wood & Don KellyThe Wu Family

ASSOCIATESDelya AllakhverdovaElizabeth Allen & Andrew

CampbellKemi AmondiIan & Helen AndrewsLeena AshbyVincent & Kate AslangulGavin BishopBruno BoeschPrince Paolo Costantino

Borghese*Andy & Liz BradnamPeter BraithwaiteDavid BulteelReto Cantone*Gabrielle & Marcel CassardNatasha CheungTim & Caroline ClarkR N Clarke Esq

Victoria J CochraneBeth & Michele ColocciKelly & Dimitri ConstantinouChuck CopelandUte CredeFelicia CrystalStefano & Joanne D’AndreaSandra DennisBrian & Estelle DoctorDr Julie Doughty & Dr Paul

TraffordW & J DouglasKendall DuesburyStephen Dunn Robyn DurieMark & Emma ElliottLinda EnfieldDavid Fawkes & Family Ileana & Michael FidanceLandgraf Fitting & Baroness

SternPenelope FitzherbertMark FothergillMark & Karon FoxwellPetra FrischDea FrydenlundNicholas & Priscilla Garland Martha GibbsLynne GillonMarshall & Carolyn GluckMary GodwinAngie GreenhalghRupert & Robin Hambro*Niamh Hayes & Joseph

PowderlyMargaret Heffernan &

Lindsay NicholsonMichelle & Lawrence

Herbert*Michael HerzogDr David J HillTina HorlerMr & Mrs C HumeJane IngramMargaret A JacksonPenny & Thomas Jackson*Karen Jensen-JonesJamil JivanjeeJennie Jones M A JonesAnn JosephSteve KingshottStephane KnaufFred LandmanAron Landy

Jacqueline & Marc LelandLarry & Peggy LevyProfessor Ann Lloyd KeenAnne Lycett MVOAndrew & Moira MacRaeBrian Marcus & Gayatri DesaiGlen McCartySerrie MeakinsDaria MeshcherinaPeter Mihalik & Andrea

MihalikovaAnthony Monaghan &

Stuart HanburyBela Mongia Alexa Morton Paul & Alison MynersTamara NanceAnn NealonSam Newman & Jeff JeffordYoshi & Anica NishioJared & Amy NoeringAnnie NorrisGeorgia OetkerKatharina OttmannW A Philip & Kristi ThompsonCaroline Phitoussi*George Pincus MBE &

Carolyn PincusDenise RibaroffPhilip & Sarah RichardsElif & Michael RidleyLouise RobsonTristan RogersElihu & Susan Rose*Peter & Michelle RosenbauerJackie & John RothenbergClaudia SemerciJo ShelleyDasha ShenkmanNeil SherlockBelinda SpouseMike & Susanne StaceyKevin StewartLeila Strauss*Ladislav V SuchoparRobin Swid*Helen & Geoffrey Tanter April TeelingDavid & Sayoko TeitelbaumDavid Thomas QC & Victoria

CochraneSteve TimothyEric TomsettPhill WardDeborah Wilhelmi

Richard & Vivienne WindlePádraig & Marie WrightSuki YamamotoGeri & Ron Yonover*Simone Ziegert

And members of The Old Vic Club who wish to remain anonymous

CORPORATESUPPORT

SEASON SPONSORBank of America Merrill

Lynch

THE OLD VIC IN THE ROUND SPONSORCQS

UNDER 25S CLUBPwC

PREMIUM SPONSORAmerican Airlines

CORPORATE SPONSORSAmerican Express BalticBeluga VodkaBrunswick Group*Champagne TaittingerCinnamon CandyD&D LondonMatthew ClarkMcKinsey & Co*Ovation*Rosewood LondonThe Savoy

CORPORATEMEMBERS

PREMIUMBloombergBourne CapitalChristie’sEvershedsStrategy& (formerly Booz &

Company)

PLATINUMCanary Wharf GroupCantate Communications

Bell Pottinger (formerly Centreground Political Communications)

Clifford ChanceNeuberger BermanRunwild Media GroupSG HambrosSkadden The Moody’s Foundation

GOLDAqua Financial Solutions LtdAshurst AutographDLA PiperGrange HotelsLloyds Banking GroupThe London General PracticeMACPi CapitalQuo VadisRichmond AssociatesShaftesbury PLCUK MailWhite LightWitherbys Lithoflow PrintingXL Video

TRUSTS &FOUNDATIONS

Andor Charitable TrustThe Austin & Hope

Pilkington Trust Barbara and Stanley Fink

Foundation BBC Performing Arts FundThe Behrens FoundationBig Lottery FundBlyth Watson Charitable

Trust The Charlotte Bonham-

Carter Charitable TrustCHK Charities LimitedCity Bridge TrustCo-operative Community

FundDelouvrier Family

Foundation*The Eranda FoundationThe Ernest Cook TrustThe Mohamed S. Farsi

FoundationThe Fidelio Charitable Trust

The Foyle FoundationJ Paul Getty Jr Charitable

TrustThe GC Gibson Charitable

TrustPeter Glenville Foundation*The Gosling FoundationThe Hearn FoundationThe Hintze Family Charitable

FoundationThe Holbeck Charitable Trust The Marina Kleinwort

Charitable TrustLloyds Community Fund The Andrew Lloyd Webber

FoundationThe Luscinus TrustThe Lynn FoundationJohn Lyon’s CharityStavros Niarchos FoundationThe Stanley Picker TrustThe Rose FoundationRoyal Norwegian EmbassyThe Royal Victoria Hall

FoundationThe Sackler TrustThe Basil Samuel Charitable

TrustSandra Charitable TrustSchroder Charity TrustThe Bernard Sunley

Charitable FoundationUnity Theatre TrustVandervell Foundation Wellcome Trust The Worshipful Company

of GrocersThe Worshipful Company of

Spectacle Makers’ Charity

OLD VIC NEW VOICES

SPECIAL PROJECTSSUPPORTED BYThe Bloomingdale’s Fund of

the Macy’s Foundation*The T S Eliot EstateThe Dr Mortimer & Theresa

Sackler FoundationTime Warner*

* The American Associates of The Old Vic

We’re extremely grateful to the many people and organisations who generously supported The Old Vic in 2013/14

The Old Vic gratefully acknowledges an award of £5 million in 2012 from the Catalyst Arts Endowment Fund, conditional on our raising £15 million match funding by 2015.

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CAST, CREATIVES & STAFF

STAFF As of 31 August 2014

Artistic Director Kevin Spacey CBEChief Executive Sally Greene OBE Artistic Director Designate (2015) Matthew Warchus

ExecutiveFinance Director Conor Marren Producer John RichardsonChief Operating Officer Kate VarahDevelopment Director Vivien Wallace

Senior Management GroupHead of Financial Reporting Tessa BakerHR Manager Melinda BurtonDirector, Old Vic New Voices Alexander FerrisProduction Manager Dominic FraserAssociate Development Director Natasha HarrisHead of Theatre Operations Dan KujawskiMarketing Director Becky PepperTheatre Operations Director Liz SillettGeneral Manager Tara Wilkinson

Box OfficeBox Office Assistant Ian Bass Box Office Manager Sophie BeattieBox Office Assistant Sarah Bradnum Box Office Assistant Jenny DaviesBox Office Supervisor Shona DavisBox Office Assistant Lynne ForbesBox Office Systems and Database Manager Debbie HarlandBox Office Assistant Patrick HarrisBox Office Assistant Conor NeavesBox Office Assistant Fabiana PalladinoBox Office Assistant Simon PaulBox Office Assistant Tracy RakiraBox Office Assistant Natalie SmithBox Office Assistant Katy StephensonBox Office Assistant Matthew WillisBox Office Supervisor ‘Didi’ Teh Zahirah Zuhuri DesignGraphic Designer Peter CollinsHead of Design Stephen Long

DevelopmentTrusts and Foundations Executive Natasha Bloor Head of Trusts and Foundations Victoria BurtonCampaign Assistant Dominic CooperProspects Researcher Helen GaffneyCorporate Partnerships Manager Olivia HighlandSenior Events Manager Helen HodgeSpecial Advisor to the Artistic Director Hamish JenkinsonSenior Individual Giving Manager Panni KanyukCampaign Manager Bhavna Malkani

Individual Giving Assistant Ruth PiperHead of Corporate Partnerships Justin Pledger Assistant to the Development Director and Associate Development Director Sarah ReubenEvents Coordinator Emma RobsonMembership Manager Katherine Rothman

The American Associates of The Old VicDirector of The American Associates of The Old Vic Gina Napoli

FinanceSenior Management Accountant Folahan AdegokeFinance and Payroll Coordinator Olga Barreto-IbanezManagement Accountant Nadika BasnayakeAssistant to the Finance Director Nicola ChalmersManagement Accountant (maternity cover) Julie Harford Finance Assistant Ron LevyAssistant Accountant Hamal PatelBox Office Assistant Accountant Jasmine PatelManagement Accountant Alfred SankohManagement Accountant Bina TankariaFinance Assistant Pavinder Virdi

Front of HouseStock and Operations Support George Calderwood Duty Bar Manager David DobsonDuty Bar Manager David Frias-RoblesDuty Bar Manager Simon GrujichDuty FOH Manager Katy HeavensStock and Operations Support Patrick Jensen FOH and Bars Manager Danny KrohmDuty Bar Manager Sarah Langrish-Smith Stock and Operations Support Conor NeavesDuty FOH Manager John Noronha Duty FOH Manager Caecilie Hougaard PedersenDuty Bar Manager Owen RobertsDuty FOH Manager Julian Ward

MarketingSenior Marketing Executive Sophie AndrewsMarketing Executive Liz Moon Marketing Assistant Laura Pryce

Old Vic New VoicesBBC Fellow in Community Production Clemmie ForfarEducation and Community Manager Hannah FoskerTalent Officer Laura HumphreyOld Vic New Voices Intern Mirain Jones

CAST & CREATIVES

7 Sep – 30 Nov 2013MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING William Shakespeare DirectorMark RylanceDesignerUltzLightingMimi Jordan SherinMusic and Associate DirectorClaire van KampenSoundEmma LaxtonMovementSiân WilliamsCastingSiobhan BrackeCastTim BarlowPenelope BeaumontKingsley Ben-AdirKatherine CarltonBeth CookeAlan DavidMichael ElwynLloyd EverittJames GarnonMelody GroveJames Earl JonesTrevor LairdLeroy Osei-BonsuVanessa RedgraveMark RossPeter WightDanny Lee WynterWithSamuel AllumCharlie Beazley-ClarkeGene GurieTyler HunterHenry Markham HareSamuel Stembridge-King

6 Dec 2013 – 22 Feb 2014FORTUNE’S FOOLIvan TurgenevIn a version byMike PoultonDirectorLucy BaileyDesignerWilliam DudleyLightingBruno PoetMusicJohn EacottSoundMic PoolMovementLeah HausmanCastingSarah BirdCastLucy Briggs-OwenDaniel Cerqueira

Patrick CreminDyfan DwyforJanet FullerloveIain GlenPaul HamRichard HendersWilliam HoustonSimon MarkeyJohn McAndrewRichard McCabeBryonie PritchardEmily TuckerAlexander Vlahos

13 Mar – 24 May 2014OTHER DESERT CITIESJohn Robin BaitzDirectorLindsay PosnerDesignerRobert Innes HopkinsLightingPeter MumfordMusicMichael BruceSoundChristopher ShuttCastingLisa MakinCastSinéad CusackPeter EganClare HigginsDaniel LapaineMartha Plimpton

28 May – 15 June 2014CLARENCE DARROWDavid W RintelsBased upon Irving Stone’s Clarence Darrow for the DefenseDirectorThea SharrockDesignerAlan MacdonaldLightingGuy HoareMusicAdrian JohnstonSoundGregory ClarkeCastKevin Spacey

21 Jun – 13 Sep 2014THE CRUCIBLEArthur MillerDirectorYaël FarberDesignerSoutra GilmourLightingTim LutkinMusic and SoundRichard HammartonMovementImogen Knight

CastingCamilla EvansMaggie LunnCastRichard ArmitageHarry AttwellSamantha ColleyMarama CorlettJack EllisAnn FirbankWilliam GauntNatalie GavinChristopher GodwinCatherine HammondHannah HutchLauren LyleAnna MadeleyPaddy NavinSarah NilesTom PetersNeil SalvageRebecca SaireAdrian SchillerMichael ThomasAlan VicaryDaisy WaterstoneMatt WeylandZara White

24 Nov 2013THE 24 HOUR PLAYS® CELEBRITY GALAHosted by Rob Brydon

Why Aren’t They LaughingPlaywrightJesse ArmstrongDirectorMichael LonghurstAssistant DirectorMark MaughanCastTom CullenJeff FaheyNathan Stewart-JarrettJack Whitehall

So Much OncePlaywrightAlice BirchDirectorMichael BuffongAssistant DirectorKirsty Patrick WardCastZawe AshtonTom EllisAllen LeechAnnabel Scholey

The WombPlaywrightCush JumboDirectorMaria FriedmanAssistant DirectorTara Robinson

CastTina HobleyClive RoweLesley SharpNeil Stuke

The Garden of Ms Harriet FiggPlaywrightMatt HartleyDirectorLisa SpirlingAssistant DirectorRichard FitchCastKaya ScodelarioRobert SheehanCatherine TateJaime Winstone

Rosie, Adam, Kyle & LoisPlaywrightRebecca LenkiewiczDirectorJames GrieveAssistant DirectorEdward StambollouianCastRonni AnconaDouglas BoothAmanda DonohoeHarry Lloyd

InterventionPlaywrightMatt CharmanDirectorLucy KerbelAssistant DirectorJulia McShaneCastLily ColeLisa DillonAnthony HeadNick Moran

11 Jul – 20 Jul 2014HOUSEDDavid WatsonDirectorAlexander FerrisDesignerFrancesca ReidyLightingDoug CurrieSoundDavid GregoryMovement DirectorVicki MandersonCastThe Old Vic Community Company

BOARDS As of 31 August 2014

The Old Vic Theatre Trust Board of TrusteesNick Clarry, Chair Alan Banes Robert Bourne Stephen Daldry CBE Sally Greene OBE Susan Gilchrist* Anthony Horowitz OBE Joyce Hytner OBE Sir Elton John CBE Kevin McGrath Lady Samuel

The Old Vic Endowment Trust Board of TrusteesSir Michael Hintze, Co-ChairKevin Spacey CBE, Co-ChairAlan BanesNick Clarry

The Old Vic Theatre Company Board of DirectorsSally Greene OBE, ChairConor MarrenJohn RichardsonKevin Spacey CBEKate VarahVivien Wallace

The Old Vic Services Company Board of DirectorsAlan Banes, Chair Conor MarrenKate Varah

The American Associates of The Old Vic Board of TrusteesDina DeLuca Chartouni, ChairAlan BanesSusan GilchristAnne KeatingMarsha LeeConor MarrenFrank Selvaggi

Development CouncilNick Clarry, ChairStef CalcraftChris de PuryDr Paul EttlingerMatthew FreudSally Greene OBENicola HowsonSigrid KirkCaroline McCormickJonathan NorburyScott SimpsonKevin Spacey CBEDee Stirling Sara Tate

*appointed December 2014

ProductionAssistant to the Producer Tamsin ChmielowskaAssistant Producer Simon FliegnerExecutive Assistant to Kevin Spacey Beau GordonProduction Administrator Lydia Scott

Technical Deputy Head of Wardrobe Louise AskinsStage Chargehand James BostonDeputy Head of Stage Steve GrantHead of Stage Tom HumphreyHead of Wardrobe Fiona LehmannHead of Electrics Miriam SpencerDeputy Head of Electrics Paul DavisonTechnical Apprentice Chantal Wilson

Theatre ManagementAssistant Facilities Manager Tim AllwrightExecutive Assistant to the Chief Operating Officer Juliet ChippindaleAdministration Assistant to Sally Greene Kate GuestTheatre Operations Coordinator Pippa HowieFacilities Manager Deano McCullaghStage Door Keeper Steve NisbetTheatre Administrator Alexandra SayerStage Door Manager Ned Seago Theatre Management Executive Katie SewellTheatre Management Assistant Katy SmithAssistant to Sally Greene Sara White

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Artistic Associates Rob Ashford Edward Hall

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The Old VicThe Cut, London SE1 8NB+44 (0)20 7928 2651www.oldvictheatre.com

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