Tom Littler became the Artistic Director of the Orange Tree theatre in early 2023. His first production as director was a revival of Somerset Maugham’s The Circle, before She Stoops to Conquer. Before this Tom was the Artistic Director and Executive Producer at the Jermyn Street Theatre in London for five years to 2022, during which he won several awards, including the OffWest End Award for Best Artistic Director, as well as The Critics’ Circle Award for Exceptional Theatre Making during Lockdown, and the Stage Award for Best Fringe Theatre.
Tom has directed over 70 productions, including The Tempest, Tonight at 8:30, For Services Rendered, Miss Julie, Creditors, The Living Room, First Episode and Love All, all at the Jermyn Street Theatre. Other credits include: Measure for Measure (Cambridge Arts), Hamlet (Guildford Shakespeare Company), Good Grief (Theatre Royal Bath), Dances of Death (Gate Theatre), Murder in the Cathedral (Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford), Single Spies (Theatre by the Lake and Theatre Royal York), Dear Uncle (Theatre by the Lake), and Jingo (Finborough Theatre).
Tom has also directed the musicals A Little Night Music (Budapest), Cabaret (Frankfurt and Munich), Saturday Night (Arts Theatre) and Anyone Can Whistle (Jermyn Street).
Tom has an English degree from Oxford, as well as postgraduate degrees from the Open University and the University of Cambridge, and he has also taught 18th century literature at Cambridge.
