Orlando

Virginia Woolf was unique. So is her book, Orlando. Adapted several times for the stage and screen, it has always proved popular. The plot involves Orlando, a poet born in the time of Queen Elizabeth the First. Originally male, Orlando changes gender at aged thirty to become a woman. Then he-she sets off on an extraordinary quest encountering literary giants along the way, in search of answers t one question: how can people find the courage they need to be themselves?

If you thought arguments around trans-gender were new, think again. The book was written in 1928, inspired by the feelings between Virginia Woolf and her lover, Vita Sackville-West, a love affair that lasted a decade followed by a lifelong friendship. Now Emma Corrin returns to the West End stage to play the starring role in Michael Grandage's dazzling new production of Neil Bartlett's fresh version of Orlando, following a cool collaboration with Grandage on the Amazon movie My Policeman. She leads an eleven-strong cast in a bold new staging, skilfully weaving one of the most surprising tales in English literature. Do you think everyone has equal rights to love?