Tom Littler is a British theatre director and the Artistic Director of the Orange Tree Theatre in

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. He was the founder of theatre company Primavera Productions, a former Associate Director of Theatre503 formerly Artistic Director of Jermyn Street Theatre, which he turned into a producing theatre. His West End credits include

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's '' Saturday Night'' (for Primavera) which starred Helena Blackman, the runner-up of '' How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria''. Littler was also resident director of the 2009 revival of '' A Little Night Music'' at the Garrick Theatre and Menier Chocolate Factory. Littler directed the premiere of ''Dances of Death'' by

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, a new version of '' The Dance of Death'' by

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at the Gate Theatre (London) in 2013, starring Michael Pennington. He also directed the premieres of Brenton's biographical play about

, ''The Blinding Light'', at Jermyn Street Theatre, and his new version of '' Miss Julie''. Littler was a regular Associate Director of the Peter Hall Season at the Theatre Royal, Bath, working with Sir Peter Hall on productions including ''Little Nell'' by Simon Gray, ''

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'' with Catherine McCormack, ''Born in the Gardens'' by Peter Nichols, and '' The Browning Version'' by

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. Littler succeeded Paul Miller as Artistic Director of the Orange Tree Theatre in December 2022.

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