A family of impoverished Oklahoman sharecroppers lose everything when their farm is repossessed after a devastating drought. Driven from their home to make the monumental trek Westward to California, and seduced by the prospect of opportunity and dignity, they invest everything they have in the journey. When forced to face the possibility that California may not after all be the promised land, they have no choice but to go on; nothing is left for them in Oklahoma.

Frank Galati’s groundbreaking adaptation of Steinbeck’s epic novel won two Tony Awards on Broadway. A plea for social justice and compassion, The Grapes of Wrath provides the perfect canvas for a vast ensemble cast and is an all too timely examination of a nation in search of itself. Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck’s other novels include Of Mice and Men and East of Eden.

A classic by the master of the French farce. Angele – is the wealthy widow of a philanderer and she’s learned that no man can be trusted. Married for the second time, she vows to keep her new husband on a tight leash. But just as she has him where she wants him, things are complicated by the arrival of her husband’s close friend who is determined to pursue her for himself…

This production marks the second collaboration between Director Peter Hall and ETT following their triumphant Uncle Vanya this year. Peter Hall is one of Britain’s most distinguished directors of plays, films and operas. He founded the Royal Shakespeare Company and was subsequently Director of the Royal National Theatre. His many arts awards and nominations include two Tony Awards and an Olivier Award for Lifetime Achievement

I’d had the upbringing of a nun. Until I was fifteen I was more familiar with Africa than my own body.

It may be the Swinging 60s but in a crumbling corner of London, Kath is lonely. Craving love and affection, she decides to take a lodger. Behind closed doors, a web of dark secrets, blackmail and betrayal is spun, as both Kath and her bachelor brother become infatuated with the shady young tenant with a murky past – Mr. Sloane. Soon he is the centre of their worlds, their ultimate fantasy, and the main player, and pawn, in their sexual games.

Originally staged in 1964, this wickedly biting comedy sparked controversy with its mischievous peep at the hypocrisy behind the ‘new’ permissive society of the 1960s and the British fascination with sex.

Joining forces for the first time, ETT unites with production company MJE, whose recent West End and touring credits include Six Characters in Search of an Author, Blackbird, On the Waterfront, Tintin and Twelve Angry Men.

I shall do one thing in this life. That is love you, long for you and keep wanting you ’til I die.

Having inherited her father’s farm, a spirited and feisty young woman – Bathsheba Everdene, finds herself playing mistress in a man’s world. She is pursued by three would-be lovers: the constant shepherd, Gabriel Oak; the obsessive landowner, William Boldwood and the reckless Sergeant Troy. But are any of them a match for the wilful Bathsheba?

Based upon one of Hardy’s most popular and enduring novels, Far from the Madding Crowd takes us on a theatrical journey through Hardy country, following a passionate young girl propelled into womanhood by her experiences of love and loss.

A raw and profound autobiographical play which captures the explosive conflict between Johnny and Hester around whom the play is built .

Johnny is alone at the family home, surrounded by squalor, when a near stranger arrives. In one tense and desperate night a sibling reunion evokes powerful childhood memories as buried secrets are unearthed.

A palpable sense of ‘what might have been’ fills the air for the characters who inhabit a country estate in a small Russian village. Set in the 1890’s, Uncle Vanya uncovers the desperate longing, unrequited love and bitter frustrations that surface when an ageing professor and his young wife return home.

An artist sells her work, but claims it’s still hers.
An advertising genius claims his ideas are ‘art’.
A thief steals some trainers and calls it ‘activism’.

Everything and anything is a brand, shoes, art, sex and even protest. In Someone Else’s Shoes, writer Drew Pautz plunders the material world in a sharp, funny and thought-provoking new comedy.

The best place to learn French is surely at a beautiful seaside villa on the Riviera? You’d certainly think so. However, a group of young English men soon discover that there’s only one thing harder to understand than a new language – girls.

It all seems pretty simple. Kit loves Diana and she loves him. And Bill. Oh, and Alan, of course. Then there’s Jack, she’s in love too… Not so simple after all.

There was once a mother
Mother Courage they called her
In the Thirty Years War
She sold victuals to soldiers.
The war did not scare her
From making her cut
Her three children went with her
And so got their bit.
Her first son died a hero
The second and honest lad
A bullet found her daughter
Whose heart was too good.
-Bertolt Brecht

Following the fortunes of Mother Courage and her three children as they strive to make a living during the madness of the Thirty Years War, this classic play is a blend of pathos and dark comedy. As she profits from the spoils of the war, using only her wits and sheer will to keep her family alive, Mother Courage must make the ultimate sacrifice in this epic masterpiece of struggle and survival.

Timothy West leads an exceptional cast as Hilary, a former Foreign Office official who is living with his long-suffering wife (Jean Marsh), up to his neck in English books, Elgar and fading memories. When his sister (Susan Tracy) and newly knighted brother-in-law (Simon Williams) come to visit, Hilary is forced to re-examine his allegiances.

Alan Bennett, who received an Olivier in 2005 for his Outstanding Contribution to British Theatre, is one of Britain’s best-loved dramatists. The author of modern day classics such as Talking Heads, The Madness of George III and the award winning History Boys. His brilliantly observant view of the British way of life is distinguished in The Old Country with his trademark blistering wit, sparkling dialogue and poignant tenderness.

This production is directed by Stephen Unwin.