With our production of Athol Fugard's Blood Knot playing until 20 April, South African theatremaker Ameera Conrad writes about why she is proud to call herself "Coloured"

Lucy Briggs-Owen, Zoe West and Tilda Wickham will appear in the new play Out of Water, about a lesbian couple expecting a baby, written by Zoe Cooper. 

With Rose Lewenstein's new play Cougar about what - and who - we comsume playing until 2 March, journalist Emily Bobrow writes exclusively about human behaviour towards the ever-growing evidence of climate change.

Nathan McMullen and Kalungi Ssebandeke play brothers Morrie and Zach in Matthew Xia’s major new revival of the 1961 play Blood Knot by Athol Fugard, who has been a vital part of the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa. The Designer of the production is Basia BiÅ?kowska, Lighting Designer Ciarán Cunningham, Sound Designer & Composer Xana, and Sophie Parrott CDG.

Mike Noble (The Almighty Sometimes, Royal Exchange; Road, Bad Roads, Royal Court; Christopher in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time in the West End) and Charlotte Randle (Yerma, Young Vic/New York; Medea, Almeida; The King’s Speech (West End) will appear in the world première of Rose Lewenstein’s new play Cougar, a co-production with English Touring Theatre, which explores the impact of climate change and consumerism.

Today we announce that Hanna Streeter has been appointed as the next Executive Director of the Orange Tree Theatre. She will succeed Sarah Nicholson in March 2019, working alongside Artistic Director Paul Miller, who was appointed in 2014.

From 2019 the JMK Award will enter a new partnership with the Orange Tree Theatre, with the winner’s production forming a core part of the theatre’s annual programming. At this new home, the JMK Award will offer one director the opportunity to direct a full-scale Orange Tree show with the production values and nurturing guidance the building is famous for. The JMK Award, which had previously been resident at the Young Vic for seven years, forms part of the national programme for the The JMK Trust, running alongside the Regional Directors Programme.

Plays by Zoe Cooper, Athol Fugard, Rose Lewenstein and Terence Rattigan feature in our new season from February to July 2019

Jonathan Broadbent, Simon Chandler, Jonathan Coy, Lloyd Everitt, Edward MacLiam, Dharmesh Patel, Jenny Rainsford, Paul Reid, Hannah Stokely and Zoe Waites will appear in a major London revival of William Congreve’s rarely performed restoration comedy The Double Dealer, directed by Selina Cadell. The Set Designer is Madeleine Girling, Costume Designer Rosalind Ebbutt, Lighting Designer Vince Herbert and Casting Consultant Vicky Richardson.

The Orange Tree Theatre today announce that Sarah Nicholson is stepping down as Executive Director. She joined the Theatre in November 2014 following the appointment of Artistic Director Paul Miller. Together they have achieved incredible success both in the artistic programme on stage, as well as radical change in the organisation’s financing and business model.

We're delighted to have won Most Welcoming Theatre in London at the UK Theatre Awards for a record-breaking third year in a row!