Orange Tree Theatre announces new 2025 – 2026 London season

Stars include Charles Dance, Nicholas Farrell, Geraldine James, Pearl Chanda, Lisa Dillon, Will Keen & Niamh Cusack

The Orange Tree Theatre has announced its new programme for 2025 and 2026.

The season features six plays, three of which are world premières.

The autumn season opens with Charles Dance, Nicholas Farrell, and Geraldine James in Howard Brenton’s adaptation of Strindberg’s Creditors (6 September – 11 October 2025), directed by the Orange Tree’s Artistic Director Tom Littler.

The production marks Littler and Brenton’s seventh collaboration, following Churchill in Moscow earlier this year.

A world première follows, with Tanika Gupta’s Hedda (18 October – 22 November 2025), inspired by Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler, directed by Hettie Macdonald.

Pearl Chanda will star as Hedda in the production, which will be set in 1948 London.

2025 culminates with a 250th Anniversary production of Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s comic classic The Rivals (29 November 2025 – 24 January 2026), directed by Tom Littler, with casting to be announced.

Also, the OT Young Company present Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (18 December – 22 December 2025), in a new adaptation by Chinonyerem Odimba inspired by Lewis Carroll’s classic, directed by Matt Hassall.

2026 starts with Richard Eyre’s new adaptation of Strindberg’s Dance of Death (31 January – 7 March 2026), starring Lisa Dillon and Will Keen, which Eyre also directs.

Also, Niamh Cusack will star in the first major revival of Nicholas Wright’s Olivier Award-winning play Vincent in Brixton (14 March – 18 April 2026), directed by Georgia Green.

Artistic Director Tom Littler said in a statement: “I’m biased, but I can’t think of a better space than the Orange Tree to see great performances and hear great writing up close, and this season redoubles our commitment to exemplary acting and texts. There’s a strong Scandinavian theme, which sees Howard Brenton, Tanika Gupta, and Richard Eyre in conversation with masterpieces by August Strindberg and Henrik Ibsen; we’ll also present a Northern Lights mini-season of Lunchtime Plays. Chinonyerem Odimba reinterprets Lewis Carroll; Richard Brinsley Sheridan gets his 250th birthday present; and Nicholas Wright’s exquisite work is rightly honoured. I can’t wait to see Pearl Chanda, Niamh Cusack, Charles Dance, Lisa Dillon, Nicholas Farrell, Geraldine James, and Will Keen lead a series of remarkable ensembles.”

Currently playing at the Orange Tree Theatre is Terence Rattigan’s In Praise of Love; and coming up is Chiara Atik’s award-winning play Poor Clare.

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Main photo: Orange Tree Theatre new season 2025-2026 - Charles Dance, Nicholas Farrell, Geraldine James, Pearl Chanda, Lisa Dillon, Will Keen & Niamh Cusack