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Announcing our 2025/6 Season

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There are 7 images representing the shows being performed at the Orange Tree Theatre from June 2025 to April 2026. Top from left to right are two actors represented in stained glass windows, three actors in light coloured linen clothing, an actor in a green robe with a worried facial expression, an actor in a navy embellished dress with elbow length gloves. Bottom from left to right is two actors pouring tea and playing cards, two actors on a stormy beach with serious facial expressions, and an actor in a blue dress by a window that appears to have a colourful painting outside.

OT Artistic Director Tom Littler and Executive Director Hanna Streeter today announce full programming for the 2025 season. The season is comprised of six new plays including four world premieres, two rediscoveries and a classic comedy. The OT also announces today the launch of OT Under 30 Nights as part of a renewed commitment to engage … Read more

Full cast announced for POOR CLARE

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There is a collection of headshots of 7 actors. Top from left to right is an actor with short hair and white T-shirt, an actor with black hair and a white long sleeve shirt, an actor with grey short hair and a black shirt, an actor with long brown hair and a white shirt. Bottom from left to right is an actor with short strawberry blonde hair and a denim shirt, an actor with long black braids and a yellow top, and an actor with medium length brown hair in a blue striped shirt.

We’re thrilled to announce the full cast for Chiara Atik’s Poor Clare, directed by Blanche McIntyre. Joining the previously announced Arsema Thomas, making her stage debut, and Freddy Carter, are Anushka Chakravarti, Hermione Gulliford, Liz Kettle, George Ormerod, and Jacoba Williams. This hilarious and off-beat comedy views the story of Saint Clare and Saint Francis of Assisi through … Read more

Full cast announced for Terence Rattigan’s IN PRAISE OF LOVE

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Four actors' headshots are arranged in a grid. In the top left, an actor with short brown hair gazes toward the camera. They have a light beard and are wearing a dark grey shirt under a black blazer. They are visible from the shoulders-up. In the top right, an actor with short brown hair gazes toward the camera with a neutral expression. They are wearing a green buttoned shirt under a light brown jacket. They have one arm resting casually on their knee, and can be seen mostly from the waist-up. In the bottom left, an actor with shoulder-length blonde hair smiles toward the camera. They are wearing a black buttoned top, and are seen mostly from the shoulders-up. In the bottom right, an actor with short brown hair has a neutral expression. They have a slight beard and are wearing a white buttoned shirt. They can be seen from the shoulders-up.

We’re thrilled to announce the full cast for Terence Rattigan’s In Praise of Love, directed by Amelia Sears. Joining us this summer are Daniel Abelson (Amsterdam – OT), Joe Edgar (Just For One Day – Old Vic), Claire Price (King Lear – Duke of York’s Theatre) and Dominic Rowan (The Invention of Love – Hampstead Theatre). A perceptive and … Read more

OT wins at the 2025 Off West End Awards

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The Orange Tree Theatre received three wins at this year’s Off West End Theatre Awards. An exciting night was had on 17 March which saw OT productions Here in America, Guards at the Taj and Twelfth Night receive Offies Awards.  Faye Castelow won for her electric performance in James Dacre’s production of Here in America. … Read more

Full cast announced for PLAYHOUSE CREATURES, starring Anna Chancellor

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We’re thrilled to announce the full cast for April de Angelis’ Playhouse Creatures, directed by Michael Oakley. Joining the previously announced Anna Chancellor are Zoe Brough as Nell Gwyn, Doña Croll  as Doll Common, Katherine Kingsley as Mrs Marshall and Nicole Sawyerr as Mrs Farley.   From dressing-room camaraderie to bitter rivalry, April De Angelis’ gloriously exuberant, bawdily funny and deeply poignant play celebrates five … Read more

Applications open for the 2025 OT Writers’ Collective

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The Orange Tree is delighted to be opening applications for the next iteration of the OT Writers’ Collective. What is the OT Writers’ Collective? For over a decade, the OT Writers’ Collective has offered a cohort of mid-career playwrights an opportunity to share practice, build networks, gain industry insights, and develop new ideas. This one-year … Read more

Ten Percent Improvisation: Stefan Bednarczyk on scoring, singing and playing Twelfth Night

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Stefan Bednarczyk sits at the piano and sings to Patricia Allison

Twelfth Night closes at the Orange Tree this week. We’re taking a moment to celebrate the music that makes this winter’s nearly-through-composed production so distinctive and magical.   Stefan Bednarczyk wrote and arranged the score. He also plays it every night, mostly in character as Feste, the resident fool in Lady Olivia’s household.   Stefan … Read more

The OT announces Friday Rush

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With Churchill in Moscow currently in rehearsals, the Orange Tree Theatre today announces the launch of Friday Rush Tickets. With this new scheme, each Friday at midday a limited number of tickets will be made available to book online and through the Box Office for the week ahead. The first Friday Rush will open on … Read more