PRODUCTIONS
ORWELL: A CELEBRATION
Adapted by Dominic Cavendish
Trafalgar Studios, SW1
8th June - 4th July 2009
An unprecedented theatrical celebration of George Orwell and his work marking the 60th and 70th anniversaries of the publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four and Coming Up for Air.
After its critically acclaimed premiere in 2008, Dominic Cavendish’s new monologue version of Coming up for Air will be performed alongside extracts from Orwell's most famous novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, also adapted by Dominic Cavendish, and two other Orwell works, Shooting an Elephant and A Hanging.
WHAT THE CRITICS SAID
THE CAST
Directed by
Lighting and Sound
Designer
Hal Cruttenden, Alan Cox, Ben Porter
Gene David Kirk
Adapted by
Dominic Cavendish
Video Designer
Cherry Truluck
Phil Hewitt
Associate Director
Steve Harper
Photos by
Dawn Cruttenden
Cast includes
“Superb celebration of Orwell...spellbinding theatre”
Charles Spencer, The Daily Telegraph
"A triumph...superbly acted"
Sam Marlowe, The Times
"Dominic Cavendish's skilful adaptation...with unexpected humour"filled, verbally exuberant 1940s verse drama."
Henry Hitchings, The Evening Standard
"Funny and poignant, it feels as fresh and true as if written this year"
Sunday Telegraph
"Pitch-perfect"
Sunday Times
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