The Orange Tree Theatre in London has announced its new 2025 season, including the world première of Howard Brenton’s play Churchill in Moscow starring Roger Allam, Anna Chancellor in a revival of April De Angelis’ Playhouse Creatures, the London premiere of Mark Ravenhill’s Ben and Imo starring Samuel Barnett and Victoria Yeates, and a revival of Terence Rattigan’s play In Praise of Love.
Churchill in Moscow reunites playwright Howard Brenton and Director Tom Littler for their sixth collaboration, starring Roger Allam (Frank and Percy, A Number) as Winston Churchill.
The play, which runs from 3 February to 8 March 2025, explores an imagined meeting between Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin at the Kremlin in 1942.
Also at the Orange Tree, is a revival of April De Angelis’ drama Playhouse Creatures, directed by Michael Oakley and starring Anna Chancellor (The Seagull – National Theatre, Four Weddings and a Funeral).
The show runs at the Orange Tree from 15 March to 12 April 2025, and then transfers to the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre and Theatre Royal Bath.
The RSC’s production of Mark Ravenhill’s Ben and Imo, directed by Erica Whyman, will get its London premiere at the Orange Tree in April.
Running from 19 April to 17 May 2025, Samuel Barnett (The History Boys, Feeling Afraid As If Something Terrible is Going to Happen) and Victoria Yeates (The Crucible) will reprise their roles as Benjamin Britten and Imogen Holst in the acclaimed new play.
The spring season ends with a revival of Terence Rattigan’s penultimate play In Praise of Love, directed by Amelia Sears, from 24 May to 5 July 2025.
The 2025 season continues with Poor Clare by Chiara Atik directed by Blanche McIntyre, and the world premières of two adaptations: August Strindberg’s Dance of Death newly adapted and directed by Richard Eyre, and Hedda a new play by Tanika Gupta inspired by Ibsen’s classic Hedda Gabler.
The 2025 season culminates with Tom Littler directing the 250th Anniversary production of Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s comic classic The Rivals, alongside the OT Young Company performing in Alice in Wonderland, a new play by Chinonyerem Odimba inspired by Lewis Carroll’s novel.
Dates for the summer and autumn productions are to be announced.
Artistic Director of the Orange Tree, Tom Littler, said in a statement: “It’s sometimes said that history never repeats itself, but it does rhyme. This year of programming digs into the past to ask questions about the present and the future. Questions about power and those who wield it; about the shadow of war; about privilege and class; about heritage; about secrecy and honesty. These are rich plays: entertaining, exciting, and provocative. We can’t wait to share the work of these outstanding writers with our audiences in Richmond and beyond.”
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