Performance

Venue	General
Town	Oxford
County	Oxfordshire
From	5th February 2017
To	5th March 2017
When	19:30. Sun 18:00. Sat Mat 14:00
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Date of change: 25 Jan 17 - T01594544407
Date of change: 16 Nov 16 - T01594544407

1984

Work:: 1984 (S2138)

Hidden away in the Record Department of the sprawling Ministry of Truth, Winston Smith skillfully rewrites the past to suit the needs of the Party. Yet he inwardly rebels against the harsh totalitarian world he lives in which demands absolute obedience and controls him through the all-seeing telescreens and the watchful eye of Big Brother, symbolic head of the Party.

Book by

George Orwell

Production:: (T01594544407)

Our latest site-specific production will be set amidst the astonishing space-age elegance of Oxford's Mathematical Institute. Jonathan Holloway's adaptation of 1984 launches Orwell's genre-defining dystopian tragedy out of post-WWll period gloom and into today's data dominated world. Everything is seen and recorded and the true gravity of our situation lurks behind the benign smile of global connectivity.

Company	Creation Theatre
Adapted by	Jonathan Holloway
Director	Jonathan Holloway
Sound	Matt Eaton
Design	Eva Auster (video and projection designer)
Performer	Angela Clerkin (O'Brien / Winston's Mother)
Performer	Rochi Rampal (Julia / Proletarian Mum / Telescreen Gym Mistress)
Performer	Graeme Rose (Winston Smith)
Performer	James Camp (Alan Syme / Martin / Des / Proletarian Child)
Performer	Eric MacLennan (Proletarian Grandad / Mr Charrington)
Performer	Simon Spencer-Hyde (Parsons / Proletarian Dad / Child / Eric)

Listing:: L965075848

This event takes place at the Mathematical Institute, Andrew Wiles Building, University of Oxford, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter, Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6GG

Current production:Work

Production details

Our latest site-specific production will be set amidst the astonishing space-age elegance of Oxford's Mathematical Institute. Jonathan Holloway's adaptation of 1984 launches Orwell's genre-defining dystopian tragedy out of post-WWll period gloom and into today's data dominated world. Everything is seen and recorded and the true gravity of our situation lurks behind the benign smile of global connectivity. This event takes place at the Mathematical Institute, Andrew Wiles Building, University of Oxford, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter, Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6GG

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