Alex Bhat, Joe Bolland, Jordan Mifsúd, Dorothea Myer-Bennett and Hara Yannas will appear in the two short plays that make up SHAW SHORTS - How He Lied to Her Husband and Overruled. Our first plays to reopen the theatre to in person audiences from 22 May, they're directed by Artistic Director Paul Miller, following his hugely successful rediscoveries of Shaw's early plays Candida, Misalliance, The Philanderer and Widowers' Houses.

We're excited to announce that the Orange Tree will reopen from 22 May with The Recovery Season comprising five productions. This will be the first time audiences have been to the OT for over 14 months.

Following the huge success of INSIDE watched by audiences around the world, we're excited to announce the cast for OUTSIDE, live-streaming direct from the Orange Tree auditorium into your living room next week from 15-17 April. 

OUTSIDE is a triple bill of new short plays by Sonali Bhattacharyya, Zoe Cooper and Kalungi Ssebandeke.

As I write, the Orange Tree has been closed for a year. It’s time to switch the lights back on. Inside/Outside will be the first time we have told stories here since March 2020.

It feels important that we reopen with new plays – by writers who have been an important part of the Orange Tree’s story over the last few years, and to new writers who we are excited to introduce to audiences. I’ve been thinking back to how these playwrights came into our lives. Together, they tell a story about how the Orange Tree has made its name as a home for new plays.

We're excited to announce the cast for our very first livestreamed show direct from the Orange Tree auditorium into your living room next week from 25 - 27 March.

We're thrilled to announce INSIDE/OUTSIDE: a collection of world premiere short plays by six emerging and established writers, performed and livestreamed from the Orange Tree Theatre’s auditorium. 

Our annual education project Shakespeare Up Close, which offers secondary school students the opportunity to see Shakespeare’s plays performed, will go ahead this year, taking place online with new abridged productions of Romeo and Juliet and Macbeth made available to schools digitally. The project marks the first Orange Tree Theatre productions in almost a year.

We are looking for 3 emerging writers and 1 emerging dramaturg to join the Orange Tree Writers Collective. 

This support from the Culture Recovery Fund means that the Orange Tree Theatre will survive through until the spring of 2021, ready to re-emerge as the independent producing powerhouse it has become in recent years.

Our Channel 4 Playwright in Residence Ross Willis picks a play to read during lockdown.

We made the heartbreaking decision to close the Orange Tree nearly two weeks ago. In the meantime the world has become an unpredictable place, but we look to the future with hope and we can’t wait to be welcoming you through our doors again. The journey will be tough, but together we can make it.