BY GEORGE ORWELL
A NEW ADAPTATION CREATED BY ROBERT ICKE AND DUNCAN MACMILLAN. A CO-PRODUCTION WITH NOTTINGHAM PLAYHOUSE.
1984’s ideas have become our ideas, and Orwell’s fiction is often said to be our reality. The definitive book of the 20th century is re-examined in a radical new staging exploring surveillance, identity and how thinking you can fly might actually be the first step to flying.
This new major production explores the world inside Winston Smith’s head, as well as the world without, and catches the euphoria and bliss buried deep underneath the cold face of Big Brother. Headlong’s version explores why Orwell’s gaze is as applicable to the here and now as it ever was.
Headlong continues to interrogate our most important cultural texts, following productions of Faustus, Six Characters in Search of an Author, King Lear, Medea andRomeo and Juliet.
Tickets are currently on sale at the following venues:
NOTTINGHAM PLAYHOUSE
13TH – 28TH SEP 2013
OXFORD PLAYHOUSE
1ST – 5TH OCT 2013
SALISBURY PLAYHOUSE
8TH – 12TH OCT 2013
LIVERPOOL PLAYHOUSE
29TH OCT – 2ND NOV 2013
RICHMOND THEATRE
22ND – 26TH OCT 2013
WARWICK ARTS CENTRE
15TH – 19TH OCT 2013
WEST YORKSHIRE PLAYHOUSE
12TH – 16TH NOV 2013
SHERMAN THEATRE, CYMRU
5TH – 9TH NOV 2013
6 OS members are going to the Nottingham staging on the 14th September.
Eleanor and I went to the Warwick Arts Centre last night to see to see Robert Icke/Duncan McMillan’s production of 1984 by the Nottingham Playhouse. What an enjoyable evening it was to. Quite a different take on previous productions. I won’t go into details, suffice to say that I thoroughly recommend members to go and see it if they can. All I will say is that there are some pretty loud scenes with bright lights and the interrogation sequence will make you wince. Don’t be put off by this from going to see this production. It hits the “nail on the head” The cast may come out at the end of the play and discuss any issues raised by the play, as they did last night, but then this was an educational venue. Richard Blair