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  • Venue Park Theatre, London
  • Performance dates Booking to 20 September 2025
  • Running time 2 hours 40 minutes (including interval)
  • Age guidelines 11+

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Andrew Keatley’s acclaimed family drama returns to the Park Theatre in a powerful new production directed by Adrian Noble

After a sold-out run a decade ago, The Gathered Leaves returns to London’s Park Theatre for a strictly limited season from 13 August to 20 September 2025.

This moving, poignant and sharply observed play by Andrew Keatley reunites audiences with the Pennington family over one long Easter weekend in 1997. As three generations come together to mark patriarch William’s 75th birthday, past grievances, unresolved tensions, and decades of familial expectation rise to the surface.

Jonathan Hyde (The Brutalist, Titanic) leads the cast as the domineering William, with Joanne Pearce (Hamlet) as his long-suffering wife, Olivia.

Also featuring Richard Stirling (Cecil Beaton’s Diaries) as the eldest son Samuel, Chris Larkin (Noises Off) as the middle child, Giles, Zoë Waites (Julius Caesar) as Sophie, Giles’ wife, George Lorimer (making his professional stage debut) as their son, Simon and Ella Dale (The Railway Children) as their daughter, Emily.

Olivia Vinall (The Circle) will play Alice, the estranged youngest child of William and Olivia, with Taneetrah Porter (Harry Potter and The Cursed Child) as her teenage daughter Aurelia, meeting the family for the first time.

Directed by Adrian Noble, former Artistic Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, The Gathered Leaves explores the burden of legacy, fractured relationships, and the ever-elusive hope of reconciliation.

Why You Need to See It

A richly layered portrait of an upper-middle-class British family in crisis, The Gathered Leaves blends dry wit with deep emotional resonance. As the Penningtons attempt to mend old wounds while confronting uncomfortable truths, audiences are invited into a compelling and at times heart-wrenching drama about legacy, identity, and forgiveness.

Whether you missed its first run or are returning for another visit, this revival promises a fresh take on one of the most intimate family dramas of the last decade.

In The Gathered Leaves, all three generations of the Pennington family gather to celebrate William’s 75th birthday, in the hope that the mistakes of the past can be consigned to history.

An errant daughter, an autistic son, and a second son that could never grasp the nettle; his children have always proved a disappointment to his lofty ambitions. With long-held resentments rising back to the surface, and new problems unexpectedly presenting themselves, any plans of family reconciliation may give way to further turmoil. But William knows he is running out of time to accept his family on their own terms – even if they cannot overlook his own shortcomings in return.

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Stars and Creatives

Who is in the cast of The Gathered Leaves?

Jonathan Hyde as William, Joanne Pearce as Olivia, Richard Stirling as Samuel, Chris Larkin as Giles, Zoë Waites as Sophie, George Lorimer as Simon, Ella Dale as Emily, Olivia Vinall as Alice, Taneetrah Porter as Aurelia, Joe Burrell as a young Samuel and Ellis Elijah as a young Giles.

Who are the creative team of The Gathered Leaves?

Written by Andrew Keatley, directed by Adrian Noble, design by Dick Bird, lighting design by Paul Pyant and sound design by Max Pappenheim. Casting by Gabrielle Dawes CDG.

Important Notes

Access performances: Captioned – Wed 3 Sep 19.30

Venue Information

Park Theatre , Clifton Terrace, London, N4 3JP

Nearest Tube or Train: Finsbury Park (National Rail, Victoria Line, Piccadilly Line)

Nearest Buses: 210, W3, W10, 4, 29, 153, 253, 254, 259, N23, N253, N279

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Critics' reviews of The Gathered Leaves

★★★★ "Keatley breathes new life into an old form" - The Guardian (2015)

★★★★ "A freshness and verve that’s hugely impressive" - The Telegraph (2015)

★★★★ "Outstanding… your sympathy as an onlooker shifts during all the quarrels that erupt between parents and children, spouses and siblings" - The Times (2015)

★★★★ "Keatley is perceptive and funny about the details of domestic awkwardness. He has crafted a humane, deliberately old-fashioned play" - The Evening Standard (2015)

Frequently Asked Questions

The Gathered Leaves is playing at the Park Theatre in London
The running time of The Gathered Leaves is 2 hours 40 minutes (including interval)
The age recommendations for The Gathered Leaves are: 11+
Yes, The Gathered Leaves has matinee performances on the following days: Thursday, Saturday
No, sorry, The Gathered Leaves has now completed its run and is no longer on sale.

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