Virginia Woolf's

Orlando

Adapted by Neil Bartlett

Writer 
Virginia Woolf
Adapted by 
Neil Bartlett

Director
Hannah Joss

Location
The Sainsbury Theatre

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Dates
Saturday 30 November at 7pm
Monday 2 December at 2pm
Tuesday 3 December at 7pm
Wednesday 4 December at 2pm*
Thursday 5 December at 7pm

*This will be a relaxed performance. Find out more.

The running time is approximately 2 hours including an interval.

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About the show

From a teenage encounter with Elizabeth I, through infatuations, voyages and even a change of gender, Orlando lives out five centuries of life and love before they finally find the courage to truly be themselves.

Neil Bartlett’s adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s famous fantasy finds powerful contemporary relevance in her vision of equal rights to love for all bodies. This bold new take on the iconic tale of love and transformation comes to life on stage through a kaleidoscope of theatrical styles, all overseen by the haunting figure of Woolf herself.

Hannah is a theatre director. She is currently Associate Director (Literary) at Chichester Festival Theatre. She was previously the Resident Director at the National Theatre Studio, a director on the Old Vic 12, Resident Director at the Almeida and Baylis Assistant Director at the Old Vic.

Directing credits include: Original Death Rabbit (Jermyn Street Theatre), Fake Melania (Old Vic 12), Carry on Jaywick (HighTide/UK Tour) Eigengrau (The Kings Head) The 11th Hour (the egg, Theatre Royal Bath)

Assistant/Associate credits include: Box of Delights and Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again (RSC), Much Ado About Nothing & Rutherford and Son (National Theatre), Dance Nation (Almeida), A Number (The Bridge), Woyzeck (Old Vic), Incognito (nabakov/The Bush)

She is a tutor for Open Door, a non-profit organisation that helps talented young people who do not have the financial support or resources to gain a place at drama school.

Virginia Woolf (1882–1941) was an English writer and one of the most influential modernist authors of the twentieth century. A prolific novelist, essayist, biographer, and feminist, Woolf's literary style evolved with each of her works. Her letters and memoirs offer insights into her central role in English literary culture during the Bloomsbury era, a time when art and society were deeply intertwined.

Among her most famous novels are Mrs Dalloway (1925), To the Lighthouse (1927), and Orlando (1928).

Neil Bartlett has been making rule-breaking theatre and performance since 1983. He was appointed Artistic Director of the Lyric Hammersmith in London in 1994. Since leaving the Lyric in 2005, major cultural producers he has worked for include the National, the Abbey in Dublin, the Bristol Old Vic , the Manchester Royal Exchange, the Edinburgh International, Manchester International, Brighton, Aldeburgh and Holland Festivals, the Wellcome Foundation and Tate Britain.

Neil is also an acclaimed author, with a whole shelf of novels, plays, adaptations and translations to his name. His most recent novel, Address Book, was published by Inkandescent in 2021. His radical new staging of Virginia Woolf’s magical mistress-piece Orlando made a big impact in London when it opened at the Garrick Theatre in November 2022. 

His debut novel, Ready to Catch Him Should He Fall (1990), has just been reissued as a Serpent's Tail Classic by Profile Books.

Features nudity and depictions of male genitalia, and contains brief references to animal cruelty, transphobia, sexism, homophobia, with regular strong language. 

This amateur production of “Orlando” is presented by arrangement with Nick Hern Books 

Booking

Once you have booked a ticket, you will receive an email confirmation. Read up on our latest audience guidelines here.

Members of the industry: secure your complimentary seat by emailing the Box Office​​​ on [email protected]

Pricing and concessions 

Tickets cost £14, but we have £7 concessions tickets available to Hammersmith & Fulham residents, schools, students, or people who are over 65, under 18 or are on Job Seeker's Allowance. You'll just need to provide proof of your eligibility when you collect your tickets at the Box Office. We offer a complimentary ticket for carers, to book please call the box office on 020 8834 0500. If you belong to our Pathways Programme or work with any of our Pathways Partners you are entitled to complimentary tickets. Please contact the box office to book.

Accessibility 

If you have any additional requirements, you would like us to be aware of, please contact box office on 020 8834 0500. 

Booking your tickets 

Book your tickets online or by calling our box office on 020 8834 0500. 

Industry booking 

If you're a member of the industry, please email [email protected] to book your tickets. 

Ticket collection for in-person tickets

There is no need to collect tickets. You will be ticked off an attendance list on arrival. 

Refunds 

Unfortunately, all tickets are non-refundable.

Creative Team 

* LAMDA staff member or visiting artist

Director
Hannah Joss*

Designer 
Lizzy Leech*

Voice Director 
Becca Barrett*

Movement Director 
Mat Wernham*

Musical Director
Tim Whiting*

Intimacy Director
Sam Goodchild*

Costume Supervisor 
Caitlyn Keaney*

Wardrobe Assistant
Dani BG*

Producer
Rebecca Lyle*

Lighting Designer
Ghoti Fisher

Sound Designer
Velia de Nicola

Cast 

Virginia/Clorinda/A Wit
Jamal Colvin

Virginia/Sasha
Thelma Georgiou

Virginia/Nell/A Wit
Ellie Larkin

Virginia/Drunken Tory/Favilla
Mariama Mansary

Virginia/Queen Elizabeth/Captain
Olive McHugh

Mrs Grimsditch
Grace Alice Murray

Virginia/Drunken Tory/Officer
Sadhbha Odufuwa-Bolger

Virginia/Harriet/Kitty
Gavin Rasmussen

Virginia/Marmaduke
Emily Tidey

Orlando 
Oliver Winn

Virginia/Euphrosyne/Prue
Maggie Zhang


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Production Team 

* LAMDA staff member or visiting artist

Stage Manager
Megan Parker

Deputy Stage Manager
Maia Thompson

Assistant Stage Managers 
Phoebe Bennett
Peter McNally

Production Manager 
Peter Johnston

Production Lx
Abigail Brophy

Deputy Lx / Programmer
Cameron McKenzie

Production Sound Engineer
Alexander Hoppe

Production Carpenter
Simon Fleming

Lighting Technicians
Simon Calahan
XiTong Cao
Tilly Cox
Ashlyn Fray
Amelia Hill
Brooke Sangster
Aryan Sherifi
Poppy Stewart

Sound Assistants
Lucia Cohen
Caspar Edwards
Paige Fernandez
Torrin Gieler
Rhianna Minhoca
Arthur Moore
Ming Ong
Nicola Usher

Construction Crew
Sofia Altamirano
Izzy Barton
Ben Birkwood
Tammy Cheng
Bastie Colclough
Nazaire Kilborne-Appiah
Abigail Quelch
Jackson Walsh