Category: Latest News

It’s that time of year again: The Offstage Theatre Awards – or ‘Offies’ – have opened up voting for their 2024 awards. In the last two years we have been a […]

We are very excited to share the news that Adenike Ojo won the best playwright award and Mya Onwugbonu won best director.   Adenike’s play, In Hiding, received its première at […]

Plans for January – July We have great pleasure in announcing our next two seasons, taking us up to next July. Details of the plays are here

Report and accounts for the company for the financial year 2022 – 2023, reviewed by the independent examiner, are now available on the web site. 2022 – 2023 Accounts

A fond farewell to Tom and Ruth, and a very warm welcome to Jess Many congratulations to Tom Bailey who was recently appointed General Manager of the Park Theatre in […]

We are very sorry to learn of the death of Colin Smith, a long-time member of the Company. A full tribute has been published in Noises Off.

We were delighted to receive this message from Alfred Molina, marking the Tower’s 90th birthday.

The 2022 meeting was held on Saturday October 1st. This year’s meeting was held in the theatre followed by a social event to celebrate the Tower’s 90th birthday. There were […]

Promoting Hackney Artists & Their Work Applications are welcome from community groups, cultural organisations, artists and artists’ collectives from within Hackney to hang their art work at the Tower Theatre. […]

Another improvement to the building The Tower’s Building Group has organised the replacement of the old rotten doors and window frames in the light well at the front of the […]

An audio drama in three episodes

The matinée audience of Mules was treated to an exclusive Q&A session with award winning playwright, Winsome Pinnock, who shared with us the inspiration behind the play and talked about […]

Metamorphosis In Lockdown was a finalist in the Most Innovative Production category of the Scenesaver Birthday Honours list

Virtual Tower goes from strength to strength! We’re delighted to announce that the recent production of Metamorphosis in Lockdown (by Franz Kakfa, adapted by Angharad Ormond, Ian Hoare and Paul […]

The Management Committee has appointed a team (Ruth Sullivan, Simona Hughes and Angharad Ormond) to take over form Martin Mulgrew, who has stepped down as Artistic Director.

The Tower has a vast archive of photos for its shows – largely prints for the earlier years and digital CDs for more recent shows.  David Sprecher and Laurence Tuerk […]

HERE’S A SUMMARY OF THE RESULTS Thanks to all of you who completed to our Members’ Survey. We had an excellent response, and here’s an overview of what you told […]

We’re delighted to announce that we have secured a grant towards the costs of re-opening the building … GOOD NEWS!A grant application to the Theatre Reopening Fund, administered by the […]

While the theatre is closed, we were able to press ahead with several building projects, which are now complete. The lift is now installed and working. The shiny new roof […]

A Question and Answer session chaired by the director of “Sweat”, Ian Hoare, with Dr Nicole King (who lectures in American Literature & Culture at Goldsmith College, University of London) […]

London Live ran an item about the Tower Theatre’s production of Sweat on 25th February 2020. See the interview with director Ian Hoare and actors Landé Belo and Julie Arrowsmith […]

This Wednesday saw a huge milestone being reached by long term performer on the Tower stage Tom Tillery. It was 60 years to the day since he stepped out to […]

If you’re a Member or Friend of the Tower Theatre, you’re eligible for a £2 discount on all tickets to our shows, and a whole menu of additional benefits. If […]

The AGM of Tavistock Repertory Guarantors Ltd. (the formal name of the Tower Theatre Company) will be held in the theatre at 7:30 on Monday, October 14th, 2019. In addition […]