2025 will be a significant milestone for London Classic Theatre, as we celebrate 25 years as a touring company.

The journey began in April 2000, with an 11-week UK tour of David Mamet’s Oleanna. This initial venture, which visited 40 venues, was an opportunity to get our work seen and learn the ropes of how the regional touring circuit worked. Regardless of size or scale, if a theatre was prepared to book us, we were delighted to perform! It required ingenuity and flexibility on behalf of our creative team and resilience from the company on the road, but we were determined to gain as much experience as possible.

Within three months, we were back on the road again, this time with our first booking at a main house repertory theatre, as Oldham Coliseum took a chance on our production of Charlotte Keatley’s My Mother Said I Never Should. It was a defining moment for us – the production was well-received and sold well.

Twenty-four years and 48 tours later, LCT has become an integral part of the UK regional theatre scene. Our work has been seen by over 750,000 people and we count many first class UK venues as regular hosts of our work. We have staged plays by Harold Pinter, Joe Orton, Alan Ayckbourn, Mike Leigh, Charlotte Jones, Noël Coward, Joanna Murray-Smith, Brian Friel and Bryony Lavery.

It has been, to say the least, quite an adventure and we are indebted to the many fabulous actors, designers and stage managers whose fearless and passionate work has underpinned our success over the years. We look forward to celebrating our 25th year in style with Just Between Ourselves, our 49th UK tour and third production of an Alan Ayckbourn play.