Tom Littler

Theatre Director. Artistic Director @OrangeTreeThtr: award-winning independent theatre in Richmond. Also: 18thC literature @englishunicam. Views mine.

[Orange Tree Theatre @OrangeTreeThtr]

Two Shakespeare comedies. One great offer ☀️

Book Love's Labour's Lost and Much Ado About Nothing together from just £70 and save up to £20.

📍 Thomas's College, Richmond Hill
📅 Until 22 August
🔗 https://t.co/ksbjoMQqCf

[Orange Tree Theatre @OrangeTreeThtr]

✍️ Here's what the critics are saying about our Summer Shakespeare productions. Now playing at Thomas's College on Richmond Hill as part of our OT On The Hill programme 🍊

🎟️ https://t.co/ksbjoMQqCf

[Tom Littler @littler_tom]

RIP to the finest of playwrights, directors and teachers. I learnt so much from assisting him, and I was so happy to programme his final play Something in the Air @JSTheatre. If there's a heaven with actors in it, the standard of text work is about to go through the roof.

[The Stage @TheStage]

Director and playwright Peter Gill, whose work included major shows for the early Royal Court in London, has died aged 86. 👇 https://t.co/UYSmlQ2czM

[Tom Littler @littler_tom]

@GylesB1 Sorry I missed you Gyles. A very special funeral.

[Tom Littler @littler_tom]

Loved directing Love's Labour's Lost and Much Ado @GuildfordBard, and can't wait to share them with Richmond audiences @OrangeTreeThtr. Outdoors in August.

[Orange Tree Theatre @OrangeTreeThtr]

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ for Much Ado About Nothing

This summer, OT Artistic Director Tom Littler brings a new adaptation of Much Ado About Nothing to the idyllic gardens of Thomas's College on Richmond Hill!

📅 1 August - 22 August - https://t.co/Ly2XnFGA2C

[Orange Tree Theatre @OrangeTreeThtr]

Rehearsals have begun for a small and quiet light 💡

Inspired by the extraordinary true story of Noor-un-Nisa Inayat Khan, this moving new co-production with Chichester Festival Theatre runs 21 Sep–24 Oct!

🎟️ https://t.co/RBhMuE0IfD

[john groves @johngro26162901]

https://t.co/1RFfdy8zdz

[WhatsOnStage @WhatsOnStage]

Love’s Labour’s Lost and Much Ado About Nothing at Braboeuf Manor – review https://t.co/JE7TjDpoVX

[Tom Littler @littler_tom]

I love this play and will champion it until my dying breath. A total treat to do it again, with Much Ado About Nothing as the sequel.

[Orange Tree Theatre @OrangeTreeThtr]

👀 First look at Love's Labour's Lost 🧡

This classic Shakespearean comedy has opened at Guildford Shakespeare Company, and arrives at OT On the Hill from 31 July!

📍 Thomas's College, Richmond Hill
📅 31 Jul–22 Aug

🎟️ https://t.co/ksbjoMQqCf

[Tom Littler @littler_tom]

Very sad to hear this. I loved working with Penny: an actor of lethal precision and infinite wit. And the best fun in tea breaks and on tour. She also raised a ton of money for charitable causes and was always willing to muck in and help out. I'll miss her very much.

[WhatsOnStage @WhatsOnStage]

Penelope Keith has died aged 86 https://t.co/liviCNJ6Kg

[Tom Littler @littler_tom]

Personally I'd love more meetings to take under 16 minutes.

[David_Suchet @David_Suchet]

I am so very sad to learn that the great actor Michael Pennington has died. We were together at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre for the best part of 13 yrs. Over the years whenever we met we would talk ‘Shakespeare!’
He was one of our great Shakespearean actors. RIP Dear Michael.

[The Stage @TheStage]

Tributes have been paid to actor Michael Pennington, who has died aged 82.

Read more 👇 https://t.co/KPuq9MNotA

[Tom Littler @littler_tom]

We recorded this on the day after theatres closed in March 2020. Michael Pennington as Prospero. RIP Michael.

[Tom Littler @littler_tom]

"These our actors, as I foretold you, were all spirits, and are melted into air, into thin air."
#MichaelPennington @JSTheatre saying goodbye to The Tempest

[Tom Littler @littler_tom]

RIP to my friend and collaborator Michael Pennington. The sharpest mind in any room, and what an actor. He was an dangerously charismatic Edgar in Dances of Death at the Gate, and the sorrowing, plangent heart of The Tempest @JSTheatre.
https://t.co/srpzlmgvF8

[Tom Littler @littler_tom]

I'm saddened to hear of the death of Bishop Richard Harries. He loved the theatre - once devoted a Thought for the Day to a play I'd directed. A hugely intelligent and thoughtful spiritual leader who I wish I'd spent more time with. RIP.

[Chris Bryant @RhonddaBryant]

I’m very sorry to hear that Richard Harries has died. He was a lovely kind intelligent and spiritual man who served as Bishop of Oxford and a member of the House of Lords. Many will know his books or his radio appearances. But I knew him as the man who ordained me.
RIP

[Orange Tree Theatre @OrangeTreeThtr]

Churchill in Moscow…in Frankfurt! 🇩🇪

Following its successful run last year, Howard Brenton’s Churchill in Moscow has arrived in Germany and opened at The English Theatre Frankfurt!

Now playing until 31 May — if you’re in town, don’t miss it! 🎟️

[Orange Tree Theatre @OrangeTreeThtr]

✍️ Applications are open for our 15–18 Young Company 🎭

Join Richmond Myths this July to explore the story of Persephone and create a brand-new performance!

No audition needed—just creativity, collaboration, and enthusiasm ✨

🔗 https://t.co/0BZ2gWouFT

[Orange Tree Theatre @OrangeTreeThtr]

🎨 Final performance of VINCENT IN BRIXTON is tonight!

Huge congratulations to the cast & creative team on a fantastic run, and thank you to our audiences for all your support. Missed it? Stream OT On Screen from 21–24 April via our website 👇

🔗 https://t.co/XQXOw9DHD2

[Orange Tree Theatre @OrangeTreeThtr]

🏆 Sending best wishes and crossed fingers to the Ben and Imo company for tonight’s @OlivierAwards with @cunardline!

The @TheRSC production came to the OT in Spring 2025 and is nominated tonight for Best New Production in Affiliate Theatre.

📸 Roy J Baron

#olivierawards