Richmond's Orange Tree Theatre has announced ten new OT Associate Artists in the first new cohort since Tom Littler's appointment as Artistic Director.

OT Associate Artists is a group of actors, directors, writers and creatives who have created work at the Orange Tree Theatre throughout its history.

The new OT Associate Artists announced today are Martin Crimp, Miranda Foster, Alice Hamilton, Chirag Lobo, Indiana Lown-Collins, Dorothea Myer-Bennett, Diane Page, Max Pappenheim, Kalungi Ssebandeke and Tam Williams.

Artistic Director Tom Littler said: "As new Artistic Associates, Martin, Miranda, Alice, Chirag, Indiana, Dorothea, Diane, Max, Kalungi and Tam join a group drawn from different corners of the Orange Tree's life.

"Actors, playwrights, directors, designers, stage managers and more, they have all contributed to making the OT what it is today, and most of them have a rich history with the theatre that long pre-dates mine.

"Artistic Directors are custodians, but the DNA of a theatre resides in the community of artists who both make up its story and continue to tell that story.

"The OT's unique governance structure means that through our Artistic Trustee system, the voices of freelance artists are rightly woven into the fabric of the organisation.

"These ten remarkable artists have accepted the honorary position of Associate Artist, but in truth it is the OT that is honoured."

The OT Associate Artists are theatre practitioners who have worked at the OT, and whose value to the theatre is recognised through these honorary positions.

These unremunerated roles acknowledge the OT's long history as an artistically led organisation. Additionally, the OT enjoys an unusual governance structure which reserves several seats on the Board of Trustees for practising theatre artists, the Artistic Trustees.

The Artistic Trustees are drawn primarily from the pool of OT Associate Artists.