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Orange Tree Theatre (OT) with co-producers Octagon Theatre Bolton, Stephen Joseph Theatre Scarborough and Theatre by the Lake Keswick have announced the full cast for Zoe Cooper’s playful re-imagining of Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey. Tessa Walker directs Rebecca Banatvala (Cath), AK Golding (Iz) and Sam Newton (Hen).
Zoe Cooper returns to the OT following the hit premières of Jess and Joe Forever and Out of Water with her new play Northanger Abbey, inspired by Jane Austen’s novel. Northanger Abbey opens at the OT on 24 January and runs until 24 February, with previews from 20 January. The production will then tour to Octagon Theatre Bolton from 1 – 23 March, Stephen Joseph Theatre from 27 March – 13 April and Theatre by the Lake from 27 April – 17 May 2024 and will be available on OT On Screen from 21 to 24 May 2024.
Playwright Zoe Cooper said today, “Northanger Abbey is a novel about friendship, love, romance and fantasy and how those things collide. What struck me on my first reading as a queer nineteen-year-old, was that the central romantic relationship, one filled with lust, anger and betrayal, is between the romantic heroine and her best friend, Isabella. It is that version of the book I wanted to explore in this reimagining.”
Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of any sort of … disappointed love
Catherine Morland knows little of the world, but who needs real-life experience when you have novels to guide you? Catherine seizes her chance to escape her claustrophobic family and join the smart set in Bath. Between balls and parties, she meets worldly, sophisticated Isabella Thorpe – Iz, to her friends – and so Cath’s very own adventure begins.
ORANGE TREE THEATRE LISTINGS
1 Clarence Street, Richmond, TW9 2SA
Box Office: 020 8940 3633 (Mon-Sat, 10am-6pm)
Ticket prices (NO BOOKING FEES)
In person tickets: from £15, prices increase with demand
Under 30s: £15
OT On Screen: From £15
Access: £15
Recipients of Universal Credit / London Ticket Bank Scheme: limited £1 tickets
SEASON AT A GLANCE
MEETINGS
OT On Screen: Tue 14 – Fri 17 Nov
SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER
18 November 2023 – 13 January 2024
Press Night: 22 November 2023 at 7pm
Mon – Sat 7.30pm
Thu & Sat 2.30pm (from Thu 23 Nov)
Captioned Performance: Tue 12 Dec 7.30pm
Audio Described Performance: Mon 11 Dec 7.30pm
OT On Screen: Tue 16 – Fri 19 Jan
SHAKESPEARE UP CLOSE: MACBETH and ROMEO AND JULIET
5 – 10 December 2023
Schools tour: 20 – 30 Nov
Schools performances at the OT: 5 – 8 Dec
Public performances at the OT: 9 – 10 Dec
TINY TIM’S CHRISTMAS CAROL
18 December – 6 January 2024
Press Performance: Wednesday 20 December 2023 at 2.30pm
Mon – Sat 11am
Mon, Wed, Fri 2.30pm (no performances Mon 25 Dec, Mon 1 Jan)
NORTHANGER ABBEY
20 January– 24 February 2024
Press Night: Wednesday 24 January 2024 at 7pm
Mon – Sat 7.30pm
Thu & Sat 2.30pm (from Thu 25 Jan)
Captioned Performance: Wed 14 Feb 7.30pm
Audio Described Performance: Tue 13 Feb 7.30pm
OT On Screen: Tue 21 – Fri 24 May 2024
Octagon Theatre Bolton
1 – 23 March 2024
Press Night: Tuesday 5 March at 7:30pm
Stephen Joseph Theatre
27 March – 13 April 2024
Press Night: Thursday 28 March at 7.30pm
Theatre by the Lake
27 April – 17 May 2024
Press Night: Tuesday 30 April at 7.30pm
FLUTE THEATRE: TWELFTH NIGHT
29 January – 20 February 2024
Mon – Sat: 10.30am
Further summer programming includes:
UNCLE VANYA
2 March – 13 April
Press Night: Thursday 7 March 2024 at 7pm
TESTMATCH
20 April – 18 May 2024
Press Night: Wednesday 24 April at 7pm
SUITE IN THREE KEYS
24 May – 6 Jul 2024
Press Nights: Wednesday 5 June 2024 at 2.30pm: Double bill – Shadows of the Evening and Come into the Garden, Maud
Wednesday 5 June 2024 at 7pm: A Song at Twilight
Primary Shakespeare: HAMLET
3 June – 5 July 2024 (workshops and performances)
Mon, Tue & Fri
RED SPEEDO
13 Jul – 10 Aug 2024
Press Night: Thursday 18 July at 7pm
