Cranford Starring Tamsin Greig Opens at Orange Tree Theatre

Orange Tree Theatre opened its new production of Cranford on 3 November 2026, running through 16 January 2027. The show is a fresh stage adaptation — written by Lin Coghlan and Shaun McKenna — of Elizabeth Gaskell's classic Victorian novel, which follows the comings, goings and encroaching modernisation of the eponymous fictional Cheshire town. Tamsin Greig stars as the elder version of central character Miss Matty Jenkyns, in a production directed by Josh Roche. The show is one of several notable theatre openings in London in early November 2026, alongside the world premiere of Duncan Sheik's musical Nero at Southwark Playhouse Elephant and a major revival of Caryl Churchill's Cloud 9 at the National Theatre's Lyttelton stage, directed by incoming Almeida Theatre artistic director Dominic Cooke.