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PRESS RELEASE 15 June 2017

Announcing September 2017 – March 2018 at the Orange Tree TheatreArtistic Director Paul Miller announces six months of the multi-award winning Off West End theatre’s unique brand of rediscovered classics and new plays, alongside work for young people and one-off specials.

The first major revival of the late David Storey’s The March on Russia, directed by

Alice Hamilton, in a return to the Orange Tree for Up in Arms.

International smash hit Every Brilliant Thing by Duncan Macmillan, with Jonny Donahoe, has its first major London run.

Paul Miller directs the UK premiere of Poison by Dutch writer Lot Vekemans following

huge European success and a critically acclaimed New York run.

Bernard Shaw’s comedy Misalliance has a major revival directed by Paul Miller

following his sold out productions of Shaw’s The Philanderer and Widowers’ Houses.

Danyah Miller returns to the Orange Tree following her hugely successful production of

Michael Morpurgo’s I Believe in Unicorns with Kika’s Birthday. This co-production with

Wizard Presents and Little Angel Theatre is a brand new story for ages 3+

Paines Plough brings three new plays directed by James Grieve from the Roundabout

season to play in repertoire in a co-production with the Orange Tree and Theatr Clwyd.

Black Mountain by Brad Birch, Out Of Love by Elinor Cook and How To Be A Kid by

Sarah McDonald-Hughes. The incredibly popular £12 under 30s tickets as well as other concessions have been

extended to all performances to make theatre as affordable and accessible at any time.

Over 3,000 under 30s came to the OT in the 2016/17 season.

By the end of 2017, the Orange Tree’s work will have been seen in 33 other towns and

cities across the country since the start of 2016.

Our Education & Participation programme, which works with more than 10,000

participants every year, features a co-production with Flute Theatre and English Touring Theatre of A Midsummer Night’s Dream for young people with Autism, and

Shakespeare Up Close: Romeo and Juliet for secondary school students.

OT Extras – a popular series of performances of the best music, theatre and spoken

word includes Lemn Sissay, Martin Jarvis, Barb Jungr, Danyah Miller’s Perfectly

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Imperfect Women and ATC’s hit production of Mark Lockyer’s Living With the Lights On.

Paul Miller, Artistic Director, says: “I couldn’t be prouder to announce this classic Orange

Tree mix of work by a rich array of artists, made with a fantastic group of collaborative

companies. This is theatre looking at life as it’s lived now, that also charts how we got here

through re-examinations of our dramatic past. In our unique space, these plays will show

relationships under pressure, emotions released, lives changing. From one-off performances

by Martin Jarvis, Barb Jungr and Lemn Sissay, to Shakespeare for people with Autism, via

plays by Elinor Cook, Duncan Macmillan, David Storey, Bernard Shaw and Lot Vekemans,

there really is something at the OT for everyone this Autumn.”

Booking opens 26 JuneOT Patrons’ and Members’ priority booking opens from 13 June

Full details of all productions and projects below.

Images can be downloaded here

PRESS CONTACT Ben Clare 020 8940 0141 ext 217 ben.clare@orangetreetheatre.co.uk

We are grateful for the support of

RPLC

Arts Council Grants for the Arts

Hampton Fuel Allotment Charity

Barnes Workhouse Fund

Idlewild Trust

THE SEASON IN FULL

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7 SEPTEMBER – 7 OCTOBER

PRESS NIGHT: MON 11 SEPTEMBER 7.00pmAn Orange Tree Theatre production in association with Up in Arms

The March on RussiaBY DAVID STOREY

Director Alice HamiltonDesigner James PerkinsLighting Designer Nicholas HoldridgeAssociate Designer Sophia SimenskyCasting Consultant Sophie Parrott CDG

A good wife. Home. Children. I don’t know what else it’s all about.

The memory of a family. The memory of a country. The memory of a moment when people

hoped for more.

As the Pasmores prepare to mark their sixtieth wedding anniversary, their three children

surprise them by returning home to celebrate.

A moving evocation of a family and a way of life retreating into old age, retirement

bungalows and modern middle class life. Storey’s play is written with profound affection for a

family struggling with change but bound together by love.

The play’s first major production since premiering at the National Theatre in 1989.

Alice Hamilton and Up in Arms return to the Orange Tree following their critically

acclaimed production of Robert Holman’s German Skerries with a play that typifies the

warmth and human detail of Up In Arms’ work. Her work for Up in Arms as Co-Artistic

Director with Barney Norris includes his plays Visitors (Arcola, Bush and tour), Eventide

(Arcola and tour), While We’re Here (Bush and tour) and Echo’s End (Salisbury Playhouse).

Other theatre includes Orca and Orson’s Shadow (Southwark Playhouse). She has twice

been nominated for the Offie for Best Director (Visitors and Eventide).

David Storey‘s (1933 – 2017) plays include In Celebration, Home, The Contractor and The

Changing Room. He is also well known as a novelist. His first novel This Sporting Life

became a 1963 film directed by Lindsay Anderson with Richard Harris and Rachel Roberts.

Subsequent novels include Radcliffe, Pasmore, A Temporary Life, Edward, A Serious Man

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and the Booker Prizewinning Saville. Born in Wakefield, he was the son of a Yorkshire miner

and became a distinctive voice of working class Britain.

Listings informationThu 7 September – Sat 7 October 2017Mon – Sat eves 7.30pm (except 11 Sep 7.00pm)Thu & Sat matinees 2.30pm (not 7 & 9 Sep)

Post-show talks Wed 13 Sep 7.30pm & Thu 21 Sep 2.30pm

Audio-described performances Wed 20 Sep 7.30pm & Sat 23 Sep 2.30pm

Captioned performance Wed 4 Oct 7.30pm

Ticket Prices (NO BOOKING FEES)Preview £15 (7, 8 & 9 Sep) | Mon – Thu evenings & matinees £22.50 | Fri & Sat evenings £25Standing £10 (when all seats have been sold)Concessions A limited number of tickets at £18 are available for all performances for over 65s, students, recipients of state benefit and members of theatre unions and guilds on presentation of proof. Under 30s £12 A limited number of under 30s £12 tickets are available for all performances. Proof of ages must be shown when collecting tickets.Access£15 tickets available for disabled patrons plus one escort at the same rate on all performances.£12 tickets available for blind or partially sighted patrons and an escort at the same price for audio described performances.£12 tickets for deaf or partially hearing patrons at Captioned performances.

9 – 28 OCTOBER

PRESS NIGHT: TUE 10 OCTOBER 7.00pmA Paines Plough and Pentabus Theatre Company production

Every Brilliant ThingBY DUNCAN MACMILLANWITH JONNY DONAHOE

Director George PerrinCast Jonny Donahoe

The worldwide smash hit comes to the Orange Tree for its first major London run starring

Jonny Donahoe. Over 45,000 have seen over 380 performances internationally including two

sell-out runs in Edinburgh and a 16-week run Off-Broadway.

You’re seven years old. Mum’s in hospital. Dad says she’s ‘done something stupid’. She

finds it hard to be happy.

You make a list of everything that’s brilliant about the world. Everything worth living for.

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1. Ice cream

2. Water fights

3. Staying up past your bedtime and being allowed to watch TV

4. The colour yellow

5. Things with stripes

6. Rollercoasters

7. People falling over

A play about depression and the lengths we go to for those we love.

Based on true and untrue stories.

Olivier Award-nominated Duncan Macmillan’s plays include People, Places and Things

(National Theatre and Wyndam’s, and about to embark on a UK tour and run in New York),

Lungs (Paines Plough on tour including Edinburgh) and 1984 (Headlong, Almeida, West

End, Broadway, and extensive international tours).

Jonny Donahoe is a comedian, writer and performer. When Every Brilliant Thing played Off

Broadway, he was nominated for the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Solo Performance

and the Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Solo Show. He returns to the Orange Tree after

his sell-out performances with Jonny & the Baptists, who have toured extensively including

the Edinburgh Fringe.

Directed by George Perrin, whose directing credits include Sea Wall by Simon Stephens,

The Initiate by Alexandra Wood and Good With People by David Harrower. He is Co-Artistic

Director of Paines Plough.

Listings informationMon 9 – Sat 28 October 2017Mon – Sat eves 7.30pm (except 10 Oct 7.00pm)Sat matinees 4.00pm

Ticket Prices (NO BOOKING FEES)Preview £15 (9 Oct) | Mon – Thu evenings & matinees £22.50 | Fri & Sat evenings £25Standing £10 (when all seats have been sold)Concessions A limited number of tickets at £18 are available for all performances for over 65s, students, recipients of state benefit and members of theatre unions and guilds on presentation of proof. Under 30s £12 A limited number of under 30s £12 tickets are available for all performances. Proof of ages must be shown when collecting tickets.Access£15 tickets available for disabled patrons plus one escort at the same rate on all performances.

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2 NOVEMBER – 2 DECEMBER

PRESS NIGHT: MON 6 NOVEMBER 7.00pmAn Orange Tree Theatre production

PoisonBY LOT VEKEMANSENGLISH TRANSLATION BY RINA VERGANO

Director Paul Miller Designer Simon DawLighting Designer Mark Doubleday

We’re ...

A man and a woman

Who’ve lost a child

Who first lost a child

And then... each other

Or maybe I should say:

Who first lost a child, then themselves and

then each other

An extraordinary play that asks a simple question: is it ever possible to move on?

The UK premiere of this European-wide hit by award-winning Dutch writer Lot Vekemans,

following a critically acclaimed run in New York in 2016. Her plays include Sister, Judas and

Wrong which all premiered in Holland. Her plays have been translated in more than 15

languages and have been staged successfully in more than 20 countries around the world.

Her first novel A Wedding Dress from Warsaw was published in 2012.

Paul Miller has directed the world premieres of new plays by Dennis Kelly, Richard Bean,

Roy Williams, Lin Coghlan, Tanika Gupta and Simon Bent.

Listings informationThu 2 November – Sat 2 December 2017Mon – Sat eves 7.30pm (except 6 Nov 7.00pm)Thu & Sat matinees 2.30pm (not 2 & 4 Nov)

Post-show talks Wed 8 Nov 7.30pm & Thu 16 Nov 2.30pm

Audio-described performances Wed 22 Nov 7.30pm & Sat 25 Nov 2.30pm

Captioned performance Wed 29 Nov 7.30pm

Ticket Prices (NO BOOKING FEES)Preview £15 (2, 3 & 4 Nov) | Mon – Thu evenings & matinees £22.50 | Fri & Sat evenings £25

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Standing £10 (when all seats have been sold)Concessions A limited number of tickets at £18 are available for all performances for over 65s, students, recipients of state benefit and members of theatre unions and guilds on presentation of proof. Under 30s £12 A limited number of under 30s £12 tickets are available for all performances. Proof of ages must be shown when collecting tickets.Access£15 tickets available for disabled patrons plus one escort at the same rate on all performances.£12 tickets available for blind or partially sighted patrons and an escort at the same price for audio described performances.£12 tickets for deaf or partially hearing patrons at Captioned performances.

7 DECEMBER – 20 JANUARY

PRESS NIGHT: MON 11 DECEMBER 7.00pmAn Orange Tree Theatre production

MisallianceBY BERNARD SHAW

Director Paul Miller

A Surrey conservatory, a summer afternoon: marriage is in the air. So far, so conventional.

Hypatia Tarleton, uneasily engaged to bright yet immature aristocrat Bentley Summerhays,

longs for adventure to drop out of the sky. And with a sudden crash of glass, it does.

Enter Lina Szczepanowska, Polish acrobat and daredevil pilot whose independent spirit

galvanises the household.

Meanwhile, an unhappy cashier also infiltrates this Hindhead idyll, bearing a grievance and a

gun…

By the end of the day, eight marriages have been proposed. But which are the misalliances?

If marriages were made by putting all the men’s names into one sack and the women’s

names into another, and having them taken out by a blind-folded child like lottery numbers,

there would be just as high a percentage of happy marriages as we have now.

One of Shaw’s most playful and inventive early comedies about class and Feminism gets its

first major revival in 30 years.

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Paul Miller directs following his acclaimed productions of Shaw’s early plays The

Philanderer and Widowers’ Houses at the Orange Tree.

Listings informationThu 7 December – Sat 20 January 2017Mon – Sat eves 7.30pm (except 11 Dec 7.00pm)Thu & Sat matinees 2.30pm (not 7 & 9 Dec)No performances 25, 26 Dec, 1 Jan

Post-show talks Wed 13 Dec 7.30pm & Thu 4 Jan 2.30pm

Audio-described performances Dates tbc

Captioned performance Wed 17 Jan 7.30pm

Ticket Prices (NO BOOKING FEES)Preview £15 (7, 8 & 9 Dec) | Mon – Thu evenings & matinees £22.50 | Fri & Sat evenings £25Standing £10 (when all seats have been sold)Concessions A limited number of tickets at £18 are available for all performances for over 65s, students, recipients of state benefit and members of theatre unions and guilds on presentation of proof. Under 30s £12 A limited number of under 30s £12 tickets are available for all performances. Proof of ages must be shown when collecting tickets.Access£15 tickets available for disabled patrons plus one escort at the same rate on all performances.£12 tickets available for blind or partially sighted patrons and an escort at the same price for audio described performances.£12 tickets for deaf or partially hearing patrons at Captioned performances.

20 DECEMBER – 6 JANUARYA Wizard Presents, Orange Tree Theatre and Little Angel Theatre production

Kika’s BirthdayBY DANYAH & JOHN MILLER

Performer Danyah MillerDirector Samantha Lane

Kika, a little French mouse, is going to be 5 years old! Her family has planned a birthday

surprise, with friends, songs and a grasshopper band. But who is that with his twitchy tail

and shining eyes watching them closely? It’s the Bright Orange Cat. Will he join the party,

make some new friends and share some birthday cake, or does he have something else in

mind?

A delightful interactive story, with puppetry, by award-winning storyteller, Danyah Miller, for

children aged 3+ and their families. Come and help this family of mice bake a special

birthday cake for Kika and maybe you can even share a tiny piece of it with them all.

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Danyah Miller returns to the Orange Tree following the Christmas 2015 success of Michael

Morpurgo’s I Believe in Unicorns.

Samantha Lane is Artistic Director of Little Angel Theatre. She was previously Director of

Projects at the Almeida Theatre, and has directed and devised numerous plays with both

adults and young casts. 

Running time 50 minutes

Listings information

Wed 20 December 2017 – Sat 6 January 2018Wed 20 Dec 11.00am & 2.00pmFri 22 Dec 11.00am & 2.00pmSat 23 Dec 11.00amWed 27 Dec 11.00am & 2.00pmThu 28 Dec 11.00amFri 29 Dec 11.00am & 2.00pmSat 30 Dec 11.00amTue 2 Jan 11.00am & 2.00pmWed 3 Jan 11.00amThu 4 Jan 11.00amFri 5 Jan 11.00amSat 6 Jan 11.00am

Relaxed performance Fri 5 Jan 11.00am

Ticket Price (NO BOOKING FEES)All tickets £13

25 JANUARY – 3 MARCH

Three thrilling new plays in repertoireDirect from a nationwide tour in Paines Plough’s Roundabout

Black Mountain by Brad Birch, Out Of Love by Elinor Cook and How To Be A Kid by Sarah McDonald-HughesPRESS PERFORMANCES: THU 1 FEB 2.30pm, 4.30pm, 7.30pm

Cast Hasan Dixon, Katie Elin-Salt, Sally MesshamDirector James GrieveLighting Peter SmallSound Dominic KennedyMovement Jennifer Jackson

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Assistant Director Emily Ling Williams

A Paines Plough, Orange Tree Theatre & Theatr Clwyd co-production

Black MountainA NEW PLAY BY BRAD BIRCH

Rebecca and Paul are running away. Away from memories and mistakes.

They’re trying to save their relationship. They need time and space. An isolated

house in the country is the perfect place to work things out. They set themselves rules:

they have to be honest, they have to listen and they have to be fair.

But you can’t run forever. Especially when you’re being followed.

Black Mountain is a tense psychological thriller about betrayal and forgiveness by winner of

the 2016 Harold Pinter Commission Brad Birch, whose play The Brink premiered at the

Orange Tree in 2016. He has had work produced by the Royal Court, Sherman Cymru,

Theatre503 and the National Youth Theatre. His work has been performed in Russia, the

USA, Italy, Germany and Spain and his 2013 show Gardening: For the Unfulfilled and

Alienated won a Scotsman Edinburgh Fringe First.

A Paines Plough, Orange Tree Theatre & Theatr Clwyd co-production

Out Of LoveA NEW PLAY BY ELINOR COOK

Lorna and Grace do everything together. They share crisps, cigarettes and crushes. That’s

what happens when you’re best friends forever.

But when Lorna gets a place at University, and Grace gets pregnant, they suddenly find

themselves in starkly different worlds. Can anything bridge the gap between them?

A tale of friendship, love and rivalry over thirty years from award-winning playwright Elinor Cook, winner of the George Devine Award 2013 for Most Promising Playwright. Her plays

include Pilgrims (HighTide/The Yard), Image of An Unknown Woman (Gate Theatre); The

Girls Guide to Saving the World (HighTide); The Boy Preference (National Theatre

Connections), and This Is Where We Got to When You Came In (Bush Theatre). She

adapted Mac Barnett’s Extra Yarn for the Orange Tree in 2016.

A Paines Plough, Orange Tree Theatre & Theatr Clwyd co-production

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How To Be A KidA NEW PLAY BY SARAH McDONALD-HUGHES

Molly cooks. Molly does the dishes. Molly gets her little brother Joe ready for school. Molly is

only 12, but she doesn’t feel much like a kid anymore.

Now Molly’s Mum is feeling better, maybe things will get back to normal. Can you help Molly

learn how to be a kid again?

Join Molly, Joe and her Nan for a larger than life story of family, friends and fitting in.

Warning: Contains dancing, chocolate cake and an epic car chase.

Sarah McDonald-Hughes is Co-Artistic Director of Monkeywood Theatre. Her numerous

plays for them include Last Orders and Flesh which were nominated for Best New Play at

the Manchester Theatre Awards. Her work has been produced by the Royal Exchange, The

Lowry, Contact Theatre, Sheffield Crucible, Northern Stage and Liverpool Everyman, and

she has written for BBC Radio 4.

For ages 7+

Listings informationThu 25 January – Sat 3 March 2018

Black MountainPreviews: Fri 26, Thu 30 Jan 7.30pm Fri 2, Mon 5, Wed 7, Sat 10, Tue 13, Fri 16, Mon 19, Wed 21, Sat 24, Tue 27 Feb, Fri 2 March 7.30pmThu 1, Thu 15 Feb, Thu 1 March 2.30pmSat 3, Thu 8, Sat 17, Thu 22 Feb, Sat 3 March 4.30pm

Out Of LovePreviews: Sat 27, Mon 29 Jan 7.30pmWed 31 Jan, Sat 3, Tue 6, Fri 9, Mon 12, Wed 14, Sat 17, Tue 20, Fri 23, Mon 26, Wed 28 Feb, Sat 3 March 7.30pmThu 8, Thu 22 Feb 2.30pmThu 1, Sat 10, Thu 15, Thu 1 March 4.30pm

How To Be A KidPreview: Thu 25 Feb 7.30pmThu 7.30pm & Sat 2.30pm

Post-show talksOut of Love Tue 6 Feb 7.30pmBlack Mountain Tue 13 Feb 7.30pm

Captioned performancesSat 24 Feb

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How To Be A Kid 2.30pmOut of Love 4.30pmBlack Mountain 7.30pm

Ticket Prices (NO BOOKING FEES)Black Mountain/Out of LovePreviews £15 | All other performances £22.50 | Standing £10 (when all seats have been sold)Concessions A limited number of tickets at £18 are available for all performances for over 65s, students, recipients of state benefit and members of theatre unions and guilds on presentation of proof. Under 30s £12 A limited number of under 30s £12 tickets are available for all performances. Proof of ages must be shown when collecting tickets.Access£15 tickets available for disabled patrons plus one escort at the same rate on all performances.£12 tickets available for blind or partially sighted patrons and an escort at the same price for audio described performances.£12 tickets for deaf or partially hearing patrons at Captioned performances.

How To Be A Kid All tickets £13

Education & Participation Highlights from the Orange Tree’s Education & Participation programme in 2016-17:

3848 children from 44 primary schools came to the OT to see Primary Shakespeare: King

Lear

2623 students from 32 secondary schools saw Shakespeare Up Close: Twelfth Night

120 7–19 yr olds take part in Youth Theatre and Young Company every week

13 15–19 yr olds are in our NT Connections Company and have been invited to perform at

the National Theatre

100 people took part in The Tempest for young people with Autism

5 young technicians have learnt new skills from our in house production team

16 people have taken part in our Over 60s group and will perform their own devised piece on

our stage

5 MA Theatre Directing students have worked with 50 professional actors over the length of

the course

@OT_TakePart www.orangetreetheatre.co.uk/take-part takepart@orangetreetheatre.co.uk

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16–28 OCTOBER

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A Flute Theatre, Orange Tree Theatre and English Touring Theatre co-productionSHAKESPEARE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE WITH AUTISM

A Midsummer Night’s DreamFlute Theatre, who make work especially for young people with Autism and their families,

return to the Orange Tree after last year’s inspiring performances of The Tempest.

Up to fifteen children on the spectrum become the participants for each performance, sitting

with six actors in a circle on our stage. The children’s families or carers sit just behind them

to watch from the auditorium. The actors invite the participants to help them unravel

Shakespeare’s story through sensory games which the children and actors play together.

Although the games and the narrative remain the same for each performance, the show is

completely different every time depending on the nature of the young people who attend.

For ages 10+

The Orange Tree Theatre is wheelchair accessible and the performance is suited to every

young person with ASD, including those who are entirely non-verbal.

All participants and their families are welcome to join the cast for tea and biscuits after the

performance.

Mon – Fri 10.30am & 2.00pmSat 10.30am All tickets £10

Booking is by phone only – call Izzy or Imogen at OT Take Part, 020 8940 0141.

2–13 FEBRUARYSHAKESPEARE UP CLOSEALSO ON TOUR TO SCHOOLS 19 FEB – 9 MARCH

Romeo & JulietSummer 2018. London. A city of extremes divided by wealth and property. A world of

postcode street fights, catcalling and bants.

In the middle of this a boy gatecrashes a fancy party and falls in love (for at least the second

time that week). But this girl is different. She doesn’t want to hear his cheesy lines and she’s

not interested in his moves.

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They realise that they are the best and the worst thing that could ever have happened to

each other.

They fall in love.

And the world comes crashing down.

Six actors fuse physical theatre with Shakespeare’s sparkling words in a fast-paced 90

minutes.

Director Gemma Fairlie returns to the OT to recreate her hit production of Shakespeare’s

darkest love story.

For ages 12+

Sat 3 Feb 11.00am £10Fri 2, Mon 5, Tue 6, Wed 7, Fri 9 Feb10.30am & 2.00pm £7 (schools’ tickets),£10Mon 12, Tue 13 Feb 2.00pm £10

Relaxed performance Tue 13 Feb

For more information on booking for schools contact Imogen Bond education@orangetreetheatre.co.uk

SUN 8 OCT 2.00–5.00pm Fun Palace Join us for our Fun Palace, as we take part in this nationwide celebration of Arts and Culture for the fourth year. Our Youth Theatre will transform our rehearsal rooms and take you on a theatre journey.

SAT 10 FEB 3.00–5.00pm London Children’s Book SwapBring your old books to swap, plus free activities. Why not combine with seeing How To Be A Kid beforehand in the Theatre at 2.30pm?

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OT ExtrasA series of performances of the best music, theatre and spoken word

SUN 17 SEP 7.00pmWizard PresentsPerfectly Imperfect Women – a biographical wonder taleWhat is perfection and what’s so bad about imperfection? Multi-award winning storyteller Danyah Miller returns to the Orange Tree to tell a universal tale examining the complexrelationship between mothers and daughters, and what it means to accept imperfection in order to connect more deeply with your female line.

SUN 24 SEP 7.00pmActors Touring Company presentsLiving with the Lights On written and performed by Mark LockyerMeet Mark. The thing is I’ve got myself into a bit of a mess... Mark’s an actor. I keep forgetting my lines. I’ve left my girlfriend and I’m beginning to stink. Mark was an actor.And to make matters worse I’ve met the Devil. Hilarious, touching and utterly bonkers, Living with the Lights On is a gripping story of a life lived at the edge.

SUN 22 OCT 7.00pmNo Regrets – Barb Jungr sings classic chanson The internationally-acclaimed jazz and cabaret singer Barb Jungr makes a welcome return to the Orange Tree, with a rare chance to see this thrilling evening of chanson. Illuminating new translations of Jacques Brel sit alongside work by fellow French masters Léo Ferré,Jacques Prévert and Charles Dumont, contemporary British chansonnier Elvis Costello, and Barb herself.

SUN 26 NOV 11.30am & 4.00pmMartin Jarvis reads Just WilliamThe Orange Tree is delighted to welcome the much-loved actor Martin Jarvis for two very special performances. Martin’s recordings of Richmal Crompton’s impeccable, hilarious anddisruptive Just William tales have been a joyful feature in the childhoods of several generations. He will read two of these stories at the Orange Tree, with incidental musiccomposed and performed at the piano by Richard Sisson.

SUN 28 JAN 7.00pmLemn SissayAfter an acclaimed sell-out reading of his one-man play at the start of 2017, Lemn Sissayreturns to the Orange Tree to read poems from across his 30 year career, and takequestions from the audience. Lemn is a writer of compassion and insight, and as a live performer he is unmissable.

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SUN 12 NOV, SUN 7 JAN, SUN 28 JAN 11.00amAllegri QuartetSunday morning classical concerts with the ever-popular Allegri Quartet.

Tickets for all shows £15, except Barb Jungr and the Allegri Quartet for which tickets are £20.

NOTES TO EDITORS

ABOUT THE ORANGE TREE THEATREAt its home in Richmond, South West London, the Orange Tree Theatre aims to entertain, challenge, move and amaze with a bold and continually evolving mix of new and rediscovered plays in our unique in-the-round space. We want to change lives by telling remarkable stories from a wide variety of times and places, filtered through the singular imagination of our writers and the remarkable close-up presence of our actors.

Over its forty-five-year history the Orange Tree has had an exceptional track record in discovering writers and promoting their early work, as well as rediscovering artists from the past whose work had either been disregarded or forgotten.

In the last three years, the OT has been recognised for its work with sixteen major industry awards, including ten Offies (Off West End Awards), three UK Theatre Awards (including Most Welcoming London Theatre 2016), the Alfred Fagon Audience Award and the Peter Brook Empty Space Award. Every show so far in 2017 has been nominated for multiple Offie Awards.

By the end of 2017, the Orange Tree’s work will have been seen in 33 other towns and cities across the country since the start of 2016.

Artistic Director Paul Miller           Executive Director Sarah Nicholson

The Orange Tree is a registered charity (no. 266128) and is generously supported by the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames.

Website orangetreetheatre.co.uk | Email box.office@orangetreetheatre.co.ukTwitter @OrangeTreeThtr | Facebook/Instagram OrangeTreeTheatre

ABOUT UP IN ARMSHonest, human, affecting, revealing: we make plays about people and the places they’re from. Up In Arms is a multi-award-winning touring theatre company from the south west of England produced by Farnham Maltings. They are an associate company of Watford Palace Theatre and The North Wall.

Artistic Directors Alice Hamilton & Barney NorrisCompany Stage Manager Charlie Young

www.upinarms.org.uk @upinarmstheatre

Wizard Presents is engaged in production, directing and writing for Theatre, storytelling, education

and training, music production and publishing. John Miller and Danyah Miller, the directors of the

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company, are passionate about innovation and excellence, bringing together practitioners from

commercial and subsidised sector to create work which encourages audiences to make new

discoveries.

www.wizardpresents.co.uk @WizardPresents

ABOUT LITTLE ANGEL THEATRELittle Angel Theatre is a home for puppetry. Since its doors first opened in 1961 the theatre has

been dedicated to creating and sharing inspiring stories. Puppetry is at the heart of this innovative

theatre, from igniting the imaginations of the youngest minds to equipping tomorrow’s puppeteers with

the tools they need to succeed. As well as an internationally recognised theatre with productions

touring throughout the UK and across the globe, Little Angel Theatre also has its roots in Islington,

and works with its local, diverse community to break down barriers to arts engagement so all can

benefit and enjoy this remarkable art form.

“Little Angel is nothing less than an icon of north London childhood” Time Out, 2016www.littleangeltheatre.com @LittleATheatre

ABOUT PAINES PLOUGHPaines Plough is the UK’s national theatre of new plays. The company commissions and produces the best playwrights and tours their plays far and wide. Whether you’re in Liverpool or Lyme Regis, Scarborough or Southampton, a Paines Plough show is coming to a theatre near you soon.

Paines Plough was formed in 1974 over a pint of Paines bitter in the Plough pub. Since then they’ve produced more than 130 new productions by world renowned playwrights like Stephen Jeffreys, Abi Morgan, Sarah Kane, Mark Ravenhill, Dennis Kelly and Mike Bartlett.

In 2016, Paines Plough visited 77 places across the UK and toured internationally to three continents.

Paines Plough Limited is a company limited by guarantee and a registered charity.Registered Company no: 1165130Registered Charity no: 267523

www.painesplough.com @painesplough www.facebook.com/painesploughHQwww.roundaboutpp.com #RoundaboutPP

ABOUT THEATR CLWYD“One of the hidden treasures of North Wales, a huge vibrant culture complex” The Guardian

Theatr Clwyd produces exciting, dynamic, vibrant theatre for Wales and beyond. Led by Artistic Director Tamara Harvey we are a champion of world-class drama, new writing and family-friendly work. Overlooking the Clwydian Hills yet only forty minutes from Liverpool we have three theatres, a cinema, café, bar and three art galleries to offer a rich and varied programme of visual arts, film, theatre, music and comedy. We work extensively with our local community, schools and colleges as well as creating award-winning work for and with young people.

Over 200,000 people a year come through our doors and in 2015 Theatr Clwyd was voted the Most Welcoming Theatre in Wales.

www.theatrclwyd.com @ClwydTweets www.facebook.com/TheatrClwyd

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ABOUT FLUTE THEATREFlute was set up in 2014. We create intimate productions of Shakespeare for inclusive audiences. Our shows strip away the pomp and ceremony of Shakespeare’s plays to reveal the essence of their humanity with an intense and original theatricality.

The Tempest was created in 2014 as a co-production with the Royal Shakespeare Company and Ohio State University. The production is made specifically for an audience of children with autism and their families. The show has performed in the UK, US and Spain where it has been translated into Spanish and Catalan. In London it has performed at the Bloomsbury Festival, the Festival of Love, Southbank Centre and the Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond.

In March 2017, we took the show to Teatre Lliure in Barcelona, working with La Kompanyia Lliure and children from the Centre d’Educació Especial Montserrat Montero. The performance was in Catalan for an audience of friends and families.

Twelfth Night had its world premiere at the Festival de Teatro Clasico de Almagro in Spain in July 2017 as part of the Almagro OFF.

Hamlet was created in 2015 as a co-production with English Touring Theatre. It has performed in Poland, Romania, Germany, Spain and at Kronborg Castle, Elsinore in Denmark. In December 2016 the production played a sold out run for four weeks at Trafalgar Studios in London.

www.flutetheatre.co.uk @FluteTheatre

ABOUT ENGLISH TOURING THEATREEnglish Touring Theatre is one of the UK's most successful and exciting production companies, widely regarded as England's National Theatre of Touring. Led by Director Richard Twyman, the company works with leading artists to stage an eclectic mix of new and classic work for audiences throughout the UK and overseas; theatre that is thrilling, popular and, above all, entertaining.

The company primarily produces work for larger theatres, driven by the belief that experiencing plays simultaneously with large numbers of other people is a distinctively powerful cultural experience for audiences. English Touring Theatre is the only touring company with public investment, to produce work for larger theatres in England.

At the heart of everything the company does is the passionately held belief that people everywhere in this country expect and deserve the very highest quality of work.

www.ett.org.uk @ETTtweet

LISTINGS INFORMATION

Orange Tree TheatreOrange Tree Theatre, 1 Clarence Street, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 2SABox Office orangetreetheatre.co.uk | 020 8940 3633 (open 10am to 6.30pm Mon-Sat).

TRANSPORTTrains Richmond Station (District Line, London Overground and South West Trains to/from Waterloo).Buses 65, 190, 371, 391, 419, 490, 493, R68, R70, H22, H37, and N22 (night bus) all stop at Richmond Station. 33 and 337 also stop in central Richmond.Cycling Bike storage facilities near the Theatre at the corner of Church Road and Kew Road,and at Richmond Station.Parking Pay and display parking is also available nearby. Old Deer Park car park (off the A316) is about a 5-minute walk to the theatre. Free parking after 6.30pm.

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