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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

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Orange Tree Theatre @orangetreetheatre.bsky.social · Nov 13

Hello, Blue Sky! We're continuing to post on the *other site* for now, but we'll also be posting here from now on! Follow us for the latest news from Richmond's award-winning theatre in the round with a global reputation 🍊🎭✨

The front of the OT, showing our main building and rehearsal rooms in the background on a sunny day.

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Tanika Gupta @tanikagupta.bsky.social · 1d

#Hedda @orangetreetheatre.bsky.social .My new version starts previews in a week.

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Orange Tree Theatre @orangetreetheatre.bsky.social · 1d

🥂 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

Orange Tree Theatre @orangetreetheatre.bsky.social · 2d

🚨 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

Orange Tree Theatre @orangetreetheatre.bsky.social · 4d

📣 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

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Orange Tree Theatre @orangetreetheatre.bsky.social · 7d

📸 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

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Orange Tree Theatre @orangetreetheatre.bsky.social · 8d

"Finally, I'm being brave."

1948. The war is over, India is newly independent, and Hedda Gabler has retired with secrets. But the past is beginning to stir. Tanika Gupta's HEDDA opens this October, starring Pearl Chanda, directed by Hettie Macdonald.

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HEDDA | Cinematic Trailer

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Peter Graystone @petergraystone.bsky.social · 9d

There is an earth-shaking display of acting in Creditors at @orangetreetheatre.bsky.social. I was focussed on every single word, but still the twist blindsided me. What a horrible, horrible person. (I won’t say who!)

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Orange Tree Theatre @orangetreetheatre.bsky.social · 10d

Beginning in 1892 and ending in 2025, Northern Lights invites you to discover visions of Nordic life that will challenge, surprise, and entertain.

All tickets are just £15, and are on sale now - find out more below! 👇

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Announcing NORTHERN LIGHTS

The OT are thrilled to announce NORTHERN LIGHTS, a festival of plays with a distinctly nordic flavour running October - November

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Orange Tree Theatre @orangetreetheatre.bsky.social · 10d

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.

Orange Tree Theatre @orangetreetheatre.bsky.social · 10d

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.

Orange Tree Theatre @orangetreetheatre.bsky.social · 10d

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.

Orange Tree Theatre @orangetreetheatre.bsky.social · 10d

✨ 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 👇

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Orange Tree Theatre @orangetreetheatre.bsky.social · 11d

👀 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

Orange Tree Theatre @orangetreetheatre.bsky.social · 12d

Charles Dance, Geraldine James, and Nicholas Farrell reunite for the first time since The Jewel in the Crown in this ★★★★★ (Guardian) scintillating version by Howard Brenton, directed by OT Artistic Director Tom Littler.

For ticket information, see: orangetreetheatre.co.uk/whats-on/cre...

CREDITORS | Production Trailer

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Orange Tree Theatre @orangetreetheatre.bsky.social · 15d

📽️ Rehearsals are underway for Tanika Gupta's HEDDA, directed by Hettie Macdonald. Starring Pearl Chanda as Hedda Gabler, Ibsen's classic is reimagined in the 1940s, where film star Hedda hides in her Chelsea home amidst secrets, power, and betrayal.

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First day of rehearsals for HEDDA | Orange Tree Theatre

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Orange Tree Theatre @orangetreetheatre.bsky.social · 16d

🍊 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...

Orange Tree Theatre @orangetreetheatre.bsky.social · 17d

📣 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/

Orange Tree Theatre @orangetreetheatre.bsky.social · 24d

🔎 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...

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Orange Tree Theatre @orangetreetheatre.bsky.social · 25d

🎟️ Tickets are currently sold out, but keep an eye on our website for any returns!

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Trifles - Orange Tree Theatre

We are very excited to share Susan Glaspell's TRIFLES as our next OT Lunchtime Play, last performed here in 2008.

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Orange Tree Theatre @orangetreetheatre.bsky.social · 25d

📣 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.

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Orange Tree Theatre @orangetreetheatre.bsky.social · Aug 27

📣 The OT are thrilled to announce the full cast for Tanika Gupta’s HEDDA. Joining the previously announced Pearl Chanda are Joe Bannister, Bebe Cave, Rina Fatania, Caroline Harker, Jake Mann and Milo Twomey.

Find out more 👇
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Full cast announced for HEDDA

The OT announces full casting for Tanika Gupta's HEDDA. Directed by Hettie Macdonald, Hedda begins at the OT on 18 October and runs to 22 November.

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Orange Tree Theatre @orangetreetheatre.bsky.social · Jul 30

The London Living Wage is currently £13.85/hour

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What is the real Living Wage?

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Orange Tree Theatre @orangetreetheatre.bsky.social · Jul 29

The Production Assistant role is hired through Creative Access as a traineeship, with the training allowance equivalent to London Living Wage. You can find more about this at the links below:

🔗 creativeaccess.org.uk/how-much-wil...

🔗 opportunities.creativeaccess.org.uk/job/trainee-...

Trainee production assistant - London | Opportunities @ Creative Access

Closing date: Sunday 24th August 2025 at 11.59pm Salary: Training allowance equivalent to London Living Wage Duration: 12 months Working hours: 40 hours pe

opportunities.creativeaccess.org.uk

Orange Tree Theatre @orangetreetheatre.bsky.social · Jul 29

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

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Peter Graystone @petergraystone.bsky.social · Jul 25

My review of the wonderfully funny (but awkwardly challenging) Poor Clare at @orangetreetheatre.bsky.social is in the Church Times today. www.churchtimes.co.uk//articles/20....

Theatre: Poor Clare by Chiara Atik (Orange Tree, Richmond)

Peter Graystone enjoys a Franciscan-themed play in Richmond

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