| CHEVIOT | One of flock playing characters in the (little) Old Vic |
| DONE | Accomplished director playing character in Romeo and Juliet |
| DIESEL | Famous for playing characters like Riddick, Toretto and Groot, Vin - (6) |
| TERI | Polo playing characters |
| ARIEL | Collection of poems by Sylvia Plath; a sprite in The Tempest; or, a character in The Little Mermaid (5) |
| JAN | Half of the duo who sang "The Little Old Lady (From Pasadena)" |
| PASADENA | Where the little old lady was from, in a Jan & Dean song |
| TUT | The little old king's sign of impatience (3) |
| LILIANBAYLIS | Who was a theatrical manager and the founder of the Old Vic as a centre of Shakespearean productions? |
| WATERLOO | The Old Vic and Young Vic theatres are in this London district |
| PONTIACGRANDMA | The little old lady from Pasadena? |
| VET | The little old soldier coveted taking a girl out (3) |
| FROM | Jan and Dean song, The Little Old Lady (___ Pasadena) |
| GUTHRIE | Sir Tyrone, producer of many successful Shakespearean plays at the Old Vic during the 1930s (7) |
| NURSINGHOMES | Sounds like residencies for The Three Sisters and those looking after the welfare of Old Vic, among others (7,5) |
| THEATRE | Dine close to actor in the Old Vic, maybe (7) |
| SPACEY | US actor who became the director of London's Old Vic theatre, Kevin ... |
| JOANNATROLLOPE | Novelist, short drinker, welcomes turn over on piano in the Old Vic? (6,8) |
| EVIDENCE | Introduce Old Vic landlord to European in place of proof (8) |
| THEATRES | The Old Vic and Young Vic, say (8) |
