Josh Roche directs the Orange Tree's version of Elizabeth Gaskell's Victorian novel, with a cast of ten and a run that carries on into January.
Tamsin Greig will star in a new stage version of Elizabeth Gaskell’s Cranford at the Orange Tree Theatre in Richmond this winter. The first performance is on 3 November 2026 and the last on 16 January 2027.
Greig takes the part of Matty Jenkyns, who sits at the centre of a close group of women in a small town where gossip moves fast and tradition counts for a great deal. Odd customs and unspoken rules govern daily life there. Then the 1840s bring change that nobody in the town asked for, and the residents are left with troubled friendships, lost love and the job of holding on to what matters to them.
The ensemble around Greig is Alexandra Gilbreath, Sara Powell, Abigail Cruttenden, Michael Lumsden, Phoebe Pryce, Jonny Glynn, Sara Crowe, Robert Merriam and Saffron Dey.
Josh Roche directs. He works again with Lin Coghlan and Shaun McKenna, the writers who put The Forsyte Saga on stage for the Royal Shakespeare Company. Gaskell published Cranford in 1853, and it is usually set alongside Wives and Daughters and North and South among the strongest Victorian fiction, a comic book with a hard eye on how ordinary lives actually work.
The theatre is at 1 Clarence Street, Richmond, TW9 2SA. Booking and the full details are on the Orange Tree’s own website.
The run covers Christmas and the first half of January, which gives the production more than two months of performances in south west London.
The run opens on 3 November 2026 and the final performance is on 16 January 2027.
Tamsin Greig leads as Matty Jenkyns, alongside Alexandra Gilbreath, Sara Powell, Abigail Cruttenden, Michael Lumsden, Phoebe Pryce, Jonny Glynn, Sara Crowe, Robert Merriam and Saffron Dey.
At 1 Clarence Street, Richmond, TW9 2SA.
Josh Roche directs, working with the writers Lin Coghlan and Shaun McKenna, who adapted The Forsyte Saga for the Royal Shakespeare Company.
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