Orlando
Adapted by Neil Bartlett
Writer
Virginia Woolf
Adapted by
Neil Bartlett
Director
Hannah Joss
Location
The Sainsbury Theatre
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.
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
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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
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