Original Theatre, Joshua Beaumont & Huw Allen in association with Wiltshire Creative present Ali Milles’ critically acclaimed thriller The Croft on tour, opening at Salisbury Playhouse on 9 May 2025 before an eight-week tour.
The Croft will star Liza Goddard (Noises Off, Doctor Who, Bergerac) as Enid, Caroline Harker (A Touch of Frost, Steel Magnolias, The Railway Children) as Suzanne and Gray O’Brien (Coronation Street, Casualty, Rebus: A Game Called Malice) as David with Gracie Follows (Birdsong) as Laura, Russell Layton (ART) as Ronald, Simon Roberts (Witness for the Prosecution) as Tom and Judith Rae (The Mousetrap) as Understudy.
Directed by Original Theatre’s Artistic Director Alastair Whatley (Birdsong) with Associate Director Nadia Papachronopoulou, and with Original Direction by Philip Franks (Murder in the Dark), The Croft’s Creative Team includes Designer Adrian Linford, Lighting Designer Chris Davey, Sound Designer and Composer Max Pappenheim, Casting by Ellie Collyer-Bristow and Production Manager Tammy Rose.
The Croft is based on a true Highland story. In the remote Scottish Highlands, two women arrive at a former Crofters Hut in the deserted village of Coille Ghillie. Suddenly, the weekend getaway takes an unexpected turn. Cut off from the modern world, Laura and Suzanne find themselves drawn into the dark history of the Croft and the lives that passed before them.
In this bold and haunting play, the present interweaves with the past as ancient tales surface and the terrifying truth lurking in the Croft is revealed. The past won’t be silenced.
The 2025 tour will play Salisbury Playhouse (9-17 May), Belgrade Theatre, Coventry (20-24 May), Malvern Theatres (27-31 May), Churchill Theatre Bromley (3-7 June), Birmingham Rep (9-14 June), Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford (17-21 June), Festival Theatre, Edinburgh (25-28 June) and Liverpool Playhouse (1-5 July).
The Croft is produced by Original Theatre (Birdsong, ART, Murder in the Dark, Agatha Christie’s The Mirror Crack’d) as part of the award-winning theatre company’s 20th anniversary season. In 2020, Original Theatre released a filmed version of The Croft on its digital theatre platform Original Online, after a previous critically acclaimed tour was halted halfway through, due to the Covid lockdown.
