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Orange Tree Theatre
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🍊 An award-winning local theatre with a global reputation - experience world-class classics, rediscoveries and new writing in-the-round.

🎟 orangetreetheatre.co.uk • 020 8940 3633
📣 Here’s what’s coming soon to the OT and beyond 🍊
🎟️ Priority booking for our new productions opens today — visit our website for more info

🎫 General sale starts Wed 26 Nov, 12pm.
👀 Check the final image for a sneak peek at what's in store in 2027
November 13, 2025 at 11:04 AM
⚠️ Meet the cast of The First Warning & Kirkenes 🇳🇴

Next Friday’s Northern Lights Play sees a Strindberg classic paired with a new work by Sarah Sigal about the Norwegian border town on Western Europe’s last bus route to Russia.

🎟️ orangetreetheatre.co.uk/whats-on/nor...
November 11, 2025 at 4:04 PM
HEDDA is now open at the OT! 💫

Take a peek behind the scenes as the cast prepares to step on stage 💄

Don’t miss this “eloquent, clever, and deeply meaningful” production, running until 22 November at the OT⏳

🎟️ orangetreetheatre.co.uk/whats-on/hedda/
November 10, 2025 at 5:29 PM
This is our Vincent in Brixton cast 📣

Niamh Cusack returns to the OT, joined by Jeroen Frank Kales as Vincent van Gogh 🎨

Also joining the company are Rawaed Asde & Ayesha Ostler, with Amber van der Brugge as Anna van Gogh.

📅 Opens 14 March 2026
🎟️ orangetreetheatre.co.uk/whats-on/vin...
November 6, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Introducing the cast of Dance of Death 📢

Lisa Dillon, Will Keen & Geoffrey Streatfeild star in Strindberg's classic — a darkly comic battle for love and control.

📅 Opens 31 Jan next year
🎟️ Tickets and more info 👇
orangetreetheatre.co.uk/whats-on/dan...
November 5, 2025 at 3:59 PM
🎉 The reviews are in for Hedda – and they’re glowing ✨
Don’t miss this “must-see revival of a classic”, playing until 22 November.

💥 OT Under 30 Night: 7 Nov
🎟️ Final Tickets👇
orangetreetheatre.co.uk/whats-on/hed...
October 31, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Rehearsals are rolling 🎭

Our Rivals cast just dove into their first read-through - ready to bring Sheridan's wit to the stage throughout the holiday season!

🎟️ Limited seats left, grab yours now:
orangetreetheatre.co.uk/whats-on/the...
October 28, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Our Acting Labs are back and start 19 Nov. Book your place now for 5 weeks of performance, scripts & character work with Jess Haygarth.

🎟️ Open to all 18+, limited spots!

🔗 Find out more: orangetreetheatre.co.uk/whats-on/act...
October 15, 2025 at 11:33 AM
📣 We're excited to announce that playwright Tanika Gupta, Pearl Chanda, and Bebe Cave will be joining the panel for our exclusive Under 30 Night for HEDDA on Fri 7 Nov!

Under 30? Get a £15 Ticket + FREE DRINK + Post-show panel!

🔗 orangetreetheatre.co.uk/ot-under-30
October 13, 2025 at 5:30 PM
🥂 On behalf of all us at the OT, we'd like to wish Charles Dance a very happy birthday, pictured here behind the scenes of Creditors!

📸 Simon Annand
October 10, 2025 at 9:30 AM
🚨 The OT are hiring! We're looking for a new Development Manager to join our busy fundraising team - helping to raise £750,000 annually to support the OT, as well as supporting our once-in-a-generation £4.5m capital campaign.

🔗 orangetreetheatre.co.uk/opportunities
📆 Apply by 24 Oct

#artsjobs
October 9, 2025 at 10:42 AM
📣 Meet the cast for THE RIVALS!

Robert Bathurst and Patricia Hodge will star in the 250th anniversary production of Sheridan's comedy directed by Tom Littler, ahead of a tour to @theatreroyalbath.bsky.social and @artstheatrecamb.bsky.social.

🎟️ Tickets: orangetreetheatre.co.uk/whats-on/the-rivals
October 7, 2025 at 1:10 PM
📸 Behind the scenes of Creditors 📸

Take a look backstage with Charles Dance, Geraldine James, and Nicholas Farrell as they prepare for one final week of performances here at the OT.

Photos by Simon Annand
October 4, 2025 at 5:45 PM
And closing the season, August Strindberg’s biting matrimonial drama The First Warning is paired with a specially commissioned new play: in Kirkenes, Sarah Sigal imagines life on Norway’s Arctic border with Russia.
October 1, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Next, contemporary plays from Sweden and Denmark, Night Passage by Astrid Menasanch Tobiesen and Like Brothers by Alexander Maya Larsen, explore themes of migration and Nordic identity in the 21st Century.
October 1, 2025 at 10:02 AM
We open the season with a double bill of comedies - J.M. Barrie’s Ibsen’s Ghost pokes affectionate fun at the scandals surrounding the Norwegian master, while Joakim Pirinen’s The Good Family takes a wry look at the modern-day idea of the perfect Scandinavian life.
October 1, 2025 at 10:02 AM
✨ We're thrilled to announce NORTHERN LIGHTS, a festival of plays with a distinctly nordic flavour. In true Orange Tree tradition, Northern Lights features rediscovered classics, modern revivals, contemporary writing, and a specially commissioned new play.

🧵 Find out more 👇
October 1, 2025 at 10:02 AM
👀 First look at HEDDA in rehearsals

Pearl Chanda stars in Tanika Gupta's thrilling new adaptation of Ibsen's classic Hedda Gabler, directed by Hettie Macdonald. Here's your first look inside the rehearsal room!

🎟️ https://orangetreetheatre.co.uk/whats-on/hedda/
📸 Helen Murray
September 30, 2025 at 11:20 AM
🍊 The Artists’ Network is delighted to present a very special event shining a spotlight on the incredible work that happens backstage.

🔗 Find out more about the OT Artists' Network and book now: orangetreetheatre.co.uk/whats-on/art...
September 25, 2025 at 12:46 PM
📣 Applications close tomorrow for the new Manager role in our busy Development team.

This role combines strategic responsibility with hands-on delivery, including cultivating donors, developing partnerships, and fundraising event planning.

🔗 orangetreetheatre.co.uk/opportunities/
September 24, 2025 at 12:22 PM
🔎 Go beyond the stage with our Saturday Seminar

With Creditors now open to glowing reviews, join us on Sat 4 Oct as acclaimed biographer Sue Prideaux joins OT Artistic Director Tom Littler to explore the provocative world of August Strindberg.

🎟️ Book now: orangetreetheatre.co.uk/whats-on/sat...
September 17, 2025 at 11:58 AM
📣 Announcing the cast for TRIFLES 📣

We’re excited to announce the full cast for our next lunchtime play, Susan Glaspell’s TRIFLES, directed by Annie Kershaw.

Joining the cast are Archie Backhouse, Mark Desebrock, Will Johnson, Rachel Pickup, and Yasmin Taheri.
September 16, 2025 at 9:40 AM
JOIN THE TEAM 📣

We’re looking for a new Marketing Officer and Trainee Production Assistant to join the OT this September.

MARKETING OFFICER - applications close 18 August
TRAINEE PRODUCTION ASSISTANT (Creative Access) - applications close 24 August

🔗 ow.ly/GxOX50WwcBv
July 29, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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🎟️ Book now: bit.ly/3YZLBs2
July 24, 2025 at 12:16 PM
🙌 We're very excited to announce that Freddy Carter and Arsema Thomas will be joining us for an exclusive panel at our OT Under 30 Night on Fri 25 July!

🍻 Under 30? Grab a £15 ticket + get a free drink + the post-show talk, chaired by the OT's Jess Haygarth.

🔗 orangetreetheatre.co.uk/ot-under-30
July 4, 2025 at 11:09 AM