Orange Tree Theatre
Following a sell-out run, Paul Miller's production of Rattigan's French Without Tears returns to the Orange Tree and will tour the UK with English Touring Theatre

30 June - 30 July 2016
PRESS NIGHT MON 4 JULY AT 7.00PM
UK Tour Sep - Nov 2016
An Orange Tree Theatre and English Touring Theatre co-production
French Without Tears
BY TERENCE RATTIGAN

Director Paul Miller Designer Simon Daw Lighting Designer Mark Doubleday Composer David Shrubsole

Following a sell-out run this autumn, Paul Miller's production of Terence Rattigan’s sparkling 1936 comedy returns to the Orange Tree for just 31 performances in June 2016 followed by a UK tour in Autumn 2016 with English Touring Theatre to Exeter, Harrogate, Barnstable, Cheltenham, Doncaster, Oldham, Warwick, Poole and Huddersfield. The cast is to be announced. Nearly 3,000 tickets are available at £12 to under 30s on Monday to Thursday evenings during the Orange Tree run.

After a group of young men arrive at Professor Maingot’s French school for the summer to cram for the Diplomatic exam, their concentration is disrupted by beautiful visitor Diana Lake. Quelle surprise, they must learn another new language: girls.

At first, it seems pretty simple. Kit loves Diana and she loves him. And Bill. Oh, and darling Alan, of course. Then there’s Jack: she’s in love too. Meanwhile, Babe conceals his feelings…

Not so simple after all.

The return of French Without Tears follows Paul Miller's recently announced Spring 2016 season featuring his production The Philanderer, the London premiere of Chris Urch's The Rolling Stone, the world premiere of The Brink by Brad Birch and the first major revival of Robert Holman's German Skerries, which will also tour to Reading Rep, Stephen Joseph Theatre, Hull Truck Theatre and The Dukes, Lancaster.

As Artistic Director of the Orange Tree, Paul Miller has directed revivals of DH Lawrence’s The Widowing of Mrs Holroyd, Bernard Shaw’s Widowers’ Houses and Doris Lessing’s Each His Own Wilderness.

English Touring Theatre recently toured Simon Armitage’s The Odyssey: Missing Presumed Dead. In spring 2016 they will tour The Herbal Bed by Peter Whelan, directed by James Dacre in a co-production with Royal & Derngate and Rose Theatre Kingston.

Booking for the Orange Tree opens Mon 7 December 2015
(Members booking starts from 30 November).

Further details of the touring venues, dates and booking information will follow in Spring 2016.

For more information on the run at the Orange Tree contact:

Ben Clare on / 020 8940 0141

For more information on the tour please contact:

Kate Morley on / 07970 465 648

Alexander Milward on / 07903 218 280

Listings Information

French Without Tears

by Terence Rattigan
30 June - 30 July 2016
Times Mon - Sat eves 7.30pm (7.00pm on 4 July) | Thu & Sat mats 2.30pm (from 12 July)
Post-show talks Tue 12 July 7.30pm | Thu 21 July 2.30pm

Audio-described performance Tue 19 July 7.30pm | Sat 23 July 2.30pm

Orange Tree Theatre

1 Clarence Street, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 2SA

Box Office: orangetreetheatre.co.uk | 020 8940 3633 (open 10am to 7pm Mon-Sat).

Transport: Richmond (District Line, London Overground and South West Trains to/from Waterloo).

Twitter @OrangeTreeThtr

NO BOOKING FEES

Ticket Prices

Previews £15 | Mon – Thu evenings & matinees £20 | Fri & sat evenings £25
Under 30s £12 (tickets available for Mon - Thu eve performances)

Standing £10 (when all seats have been sold)

Concessions £15 (Mon eves & Thu mats) for Over 60s, Students, Job Seekers Allowance, Equity, BECTU, and Writers & Directors Guild Members
Registered disabled £15 for any performance plus one escort at the same rate

Audio-described patrons £10 for audio-described performances plus one escort at the same rate