The Orange Tree Theatre has now announced the full casts for Shaw Shorts: How He Lied to Her Husband and Overruled – a double bill of Bernard Shaw’s short plays directed by Artistic Director Paul Miller. It has been announced that the theatre’s Artistic Director Paul Miller will direct Joe Bolland (Henry Apjohn),Jordan Mifsúd (Teddy Bompas), Dorothea Myer-Bennett (Aurora Bompas) in How He Lied to… Read More
NEWS: Orange Tree Theatre Announces Reopening Season
The Richmond based theatre is set to welcome back audiences with The Recovery Season. The Orange Tree Theatre’s Artistic Director Paul Miller and Executive Director Hanna Streeter have announced that the theatre will be reopening on the 22nd May with The Recovery Season, marking the first return of audiences to the Orange Tree in over 14 months. This newly… Read More
Interview With… Sonali Bhattacharyya
The playwright chatted to us about being part of the Orange Tree Theatre’s Inside/Outside series. Thanks so much for talking to me. Could you tell me more about the play you have written for Inside/Outside? Two Billion Beats is about two teenage sisters, Asha and Bettina, starting tounderstand one another properly for the first time… Read More
NEWS: Full Cast and Titles Announced For Outside
The second part of the Orange Tree Theatre’s collection of world premiere short plays by emerging and established writers will be performed and live streamed from the Orange Tree Theatre’s auditorium from 15th-17th April. Following on from the performance of Inside last month, the Orange Tree Theatre has announced the full cast and titles for Outside,… Read More
REVIEW: Inside, Orange Tree Theatre
The theatre’s first instalment in its Inside/Outside collection of plays contains three new plays coming from different perspectives but work well together. This new collection of plays designed to reflect on the past year covers themes of loneliness, isolation, connection in different ways to make up for a thoughtful experience – even if the stories… Read More
NEWS: Orange Tree Theatre Announces Play Titles and Full Casting For Inside
The Richmond based theatre has confirmed details for the first instalment Inside from Inside/Outside a collection of world premiere short plays by emerging and established writers. Running from the 25th to the 27th March online, the world premiere of the first instalment of new plays are set to see Anna Himali Howard directing Samantha Spiro (Diana) in Guidesky and… Read More
NEWS: Orange Tree Theatre Announces Inside/Outside Collection of Plays
The Orange Tree Theatre has confirmed a collection of world première short plays by six emerging and established writers will be performed and live streamed from the Orange Tree Theatre’s auditorium. The first three plays, which have been written by Deborah Bruce, Joel Tan and Joe White, focus on the theme of Inside and will be streamed live from… Read More
NEWS: Orange Tree Theatre’s Project Shakespeare Up Close to be Presented Online
The annual education project is set to go ahead online, with abridged versions of Romeo and Juliet and Macbeth made available to schools digitally. The Shakespeare Up Close project offers secondary school students the opportunity to see Shakespeare’s plays performed to allow them to explore his work. Due to the ongoing restrictions, the productions will be available to view… Read More
REVIEW: Amsterdam, Orange Tree Theatre (Online)
First seen at the Orange Tree Theatre in 2019, Maya Arad Yasur’s play is a stark reminder that we should never forget the past and as much as possible try and prevent history repeating itself. This fast paced play by Maya Arad Yasur having first played at the Orange Tree Theatre in Richmond in 2019… Read More
NEWS: Orange Tree Theatre to Stream Dame Judi Dench in Conversation
It has been announced that Richmond’s Orange Tree Theatre will stream an exclusive conversation with Judi Dench hosted by Gyles Brandreth. Filmed live at the Orange Tree Theatre in 2017, this is an exclusive 90 minute in conversation with Dame Judi Dench which will be available online from 3pm on Sunday 26 April. It is a… Read More