Orange Tree Theatre has released rehearsal pictures from its latest production, Churchill in Moscow, the Richmond theatre's fastest selling show.

Officially opening on 11 February, the play from Howard Brenton is directed by OT Artistic Director Tom Littler which will see Roger Allam as Winston Churchill and Peter Forbes as Joseph Stalin in a story about the two leaders meeting each other.

Peter Forbes (right) as Joseph Stalin during rehearsals of Churchill in Moscow (credit: Tristram Kenton).

Joining Allam and Forbes is Alan Cox as Archie Clerk Kerr, Julius D'Silva as Vyacheslav Molotov, Tamara Greatrex as Svetlana Stalin, Jo Herbert as Sally Powell and Elisabeth Snegir as Olga Dovzhenko.

Churchill in Moscow reunites Brenton and Littler who previously worked together on Cancelling Socrates, The Blinding Light and Brenton's adaptations of Strindberg's Dances of Death, Miss Julie and Creditors.

Tamara Greatrex (right) makes her professional theatre debut as Svetlana Stalin, the daughter of Jospeh Stalin (credit: Tristram Kenton).

This new historical thriller explores the meetings between Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin at the Kremlin in 1942. 

Tom Littler said: "I'm delighted to be working with an inspiring company of actors to join Roger Allam in Howard Brenton's new play – Churchill in Moscow.

"Tamara Greatrex is the latest actor to make her professional theatre debut at the Orange Tree. 

"Many of this cast have appeared in Howard's work before, and they share my excitement about this project: it is an exciting, thought-provoking and hugely entertaining insight into a resonant historical episode."

Jo Herbert (left) as Sally Powell, Elisabeth Snegir as Olga Dovzhenko in Churchill in Moscow (credit: Tristram Kenton).

Following its run at the OT, Churchill in Moscow will be available to stream through OT On Screen from Tuesday 11 – Friday 14 March.

To find out more about Churchill in Moscow for its world premiere, click here.

Tom Littler (left) directs Chuchill in Moscow alongside Rosie Tricks, Assistant Director (credit: Tristram Kenton).

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