Guildford Shakespeare Company and Orange Tree Theatre announced the cast for their co-production of LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST and MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, directed by Tom Littler, conceived as one continuous story set across two summers.
Orange Tree Theatre has announced the full cast and creative team for Peter Shaffer’s Black Comedy. Directed by Caroline Steinbeis, the production will open on 27 May, with previews from 16 May, and runs until 11 July.
The Orange Tree Theatre has commenced a significant development project, marked by a groundbreaking ceremony featuring actors Roger Allam, Niamh Cusack, Emma Fielding, and Freddie Fox.
With Richard Eyre's new adaptation of August Strindberg's Dance of Death currently running at the venue, Orange Tree Theatre has announced further programming for 2026. Learn more here!
Orange Tree Theatre has launched a public fundraising initiative to support its capital development project, 'OT: Open to Everyone', with a council grant of £75,000.
Ian McKellen returned to the stage for a rare and intimate show celebrating his extraordinary life in theatre. Check out photos from the event, and backstage, here!
After staging a charming version of Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops to Conquer two years ago, the Orange Tree's Tom Littler brings us Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s 250-year-old comedy The Rivals. Like She Stoops to Conquer, Littler, along with associate Rosie Tricks, has almost rewritten the play, updating much of the language and making the setting the Wodehousian 1920s.
Watch the production trailer video for Orange Tree Theatre's THE RIVALS, running through January 24, 2026, starring Zoe Brough, Kit Young, Robert Bathurst, Patricia Hodge, and more.
Ian McKellen will return to the stage for a rare and intimate show celebrating his life in theatre at Orange Tree Theatre in Chicago. Learn more here!
Get a first look at production photos of The Rivals at the Orange Tree Theatre. The cast features Robert Bathurst (Anthony Absolute), Patricia Hodge (Mrs Malaprop), and more.
You can now get a first look inside rehearsals for The Rivals at the Orange Tree Theatre. See photos of Patricia Hodge, Robert Bathurst and more in the production.
Orange Tree Theatre has announced the full cast and creative team for Richard Eyre’s new adaptation of August Strindberg’s Dance of Death, as well as Nicholas Wright’s Vincent in Brixton.
Orange Tree Theatre has announced the full cast and creative team for the 250th Anniversary production of Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s comic classic The Rivals.
Orange Tree artistic director Tom Littler first directed Howard Brenton’s adaptation of August Strindberg’s Creditors at Jermyn Street Theatre in 2019, in rep with Miss Julie. He has secured quite a coup in gathering such a star-studded cast of acting veterans with Geraldine James, Nicholas Farrell and Charles Dance in this wonderfully performed but underwhelming production.
Orange Tree Theatre (OT) has unveiled its 2025–2026 season, marking a year of world premières, major revivals, and landmark reinterpretations of classic texts.
Orange Tree Theatre has appointed Julie Weston as Executive Director and co-CEO, working alongside Artistic Director and co-CEO Tom Littler. Learn more here!
Exeter Northcott has announced the appointment of seven new trustees to its board of directors. Learn more about the full list of new trustees and the organization here!
Churchill in Moscow is now playing at Orange Tree Theatre. The world premiere of Howard Brenton’s gripping drama dramatises the meetings between two unpredictable titans as history teeters on a knife-edge. Read the reviews!
In 1942 Moscow a top-secret meeting occured between Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin as the Nazis rampaged through Europe and into the Soviet Union. This world premiere of Howard Brenton’s play imagines the attempts at diplomacy, political clashes and eye-watering amounts of drinking that may have occured as the two men thrashed out a deal to try to save the world.
The finalists for the OffWestEnd Awards (Offies) have been announced, as the UK’s foremost awards for independent theatre mark their 15th anniversary. Learn more here!
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