Cranford
Cranford at Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond
Coming soon...
Tickets go on sale Wednesday 16 September 2026 at 12:00 pm
About the show
I won’t listen to reason. Reason always means what someone else has to say. Welcome to Cranford: a small town where gossip travels fast and traditions run deep. But in the 1840s, change is coming – whether anyone likes it or not.
Tamsin Greig (Black Books, Green Wing, Friday Night Dinner, Episodes) leads an ensemble cast as Matty Jenkyns, who lives at the centre of a close-knit community of formidable women. Their lives are governed by a web of peculiar customs and unspoken rules. But as the outside world rushes in, the residents of Cranford must navigate troubled friendships, lost love, and the challenge of holding on to what matters most.
Elizabeth Gaskell’s 1853 novel celebrates the complexities of everyday life with humour, heart, and extraordinary insight. It stands alongside her North and South and Wives and Daughters as a masterpiece of Victorian fiction. Director Josh Roche reunites with writers Lin Coghlan and Shaun McKenna following their ‘masterpiece’ adaptation of The Forsyte Saga at the RSC.
Featuring - Tamsin Greig
Tamsin Greig has been one of the country’s best-loved stage and screen actresses in a career spanning four decades. She won the Olivier for Best Actress in 2007 for Much Ado About Nothing, and has been nominated for The Little Dog Laughed and Women on the Verge of a Breakdown.
Her screen credits have included some of the most successful British comedies, amongst them Green Wing, Black Books, Episodes, Love Soup and Friday Night Dinner.Tamsin has also starred on Radio 4’s The Archers, and film roles have included Tamara Drewe and Shaun of the Dead.