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Margaret Ley

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It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Margaret Ley at the age of 95.  Margaret joined the Tower in 1955 and, with husband Colin, became part […]

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Landé is chosen as Best Producer at the BBTA

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Huge congratulations to Landé Belo who won the Best Producer award at this year’s Black British Theatre Awards held at the Lyceum Theatre on Monday 4 November. This was in recognition of her work […]

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The Tower’s Summer Season

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Artistic Director Amanda Waggott has announced the six plays planned for next summer. As well as the usual programme at our London base, we are delighted to announce that the […]

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Eat at La Rosetta before the show!

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Enjoy a meal before evening performances at a 20% discount! We are thrilled to announce a new partnership with our neighbours, La Rosetta restaurant, in Stoke Newington High Street! If […]

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Accounts for year 2023 – 2024

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Accounts for Tavistock Repertory Guarantors Ltd (the Tower’s legal entity) for the financial year 2023 – 2024 are now available here on this web site and on the Charity Commission […]

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“The Children” postponed

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We are sorry to announce the death of Tower member John Chapman a few days ago after a short illness. John was due to appear in The Children by Lucy […]

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Appointment of a new Artistic Director

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To take over from the existing team during the coming year We are delighted to announce that the Tower Theatre’s Management Committee has appointed member Amanda Waggott for a three-year […]

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Double triumph for two Tower members at the Black British Theatre Awards

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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 […]

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2022-2023 Report and Accounts

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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

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Message from Alfred Molina

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

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The Tower’s Annual General Meeting

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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 […]

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The Tower Theatre Exhibition Space

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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. […]

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New windows fitted

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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 […]

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5 Women – Now & Then : Podcast launched

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An audio drama in three episodes

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A Q & A session with the author of “Mules”

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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 […]

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Virtual Tower production selected as a finalist in the Scenesaver awards

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

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Virtual Tower wins OnComm nomination

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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 […]

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New Artistic Direction Team appointed

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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.

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Tower Digital Photo Archive Established

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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 […]

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Tower Theatre Members’ Survey 2020

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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 […]

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Grant application successful

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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 […]

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Building Work Completed

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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 […]

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Video of the Q & A session about “Sweat”

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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) […]

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London Live interview about “Sweat”

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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 […]

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