1984

Tour synopsis, cast & creatives

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.

Cast/Performers

Keith Allen (O'Brien), Mark Quartley (Winston), Eleanor Wyld (Julia), David Birrell (Parsons), Paul Sockett, Niamh Bennett, Lewis Hart, Nicholas Woodeson (filmed element - Big Brother), Dona Croll (filmed element - Telescreen Newscaster), Finbar Lynch (filmed element - Goldstein), Mathew Horne (filmed element - Ampleforth), Oscar Batterham (filmed element - Gladwell), Zubin Varla (filmed element - Syme), Gary Beadle (filmed element - Medic), Janie Dee (filmed element - Mother), Asia-Sky Fenty (filmed element - Child)

Creatives/Company

Book by: George Orwell
Presented by: Theatre Royal Bath Productions
Adapted by: Ryan Craig
Director(s): Lindsay Posner, Ginny Schiller (CDG - casting), George Jibson (associate director)
Design(s): Justin Nardella, Stanley Orwin-Fraser (associate video designer), Lorelei Cairns (assistant)
Costume: Justin Nardella (and video design)
Lighting: Paul Pyant
Sound: Giles Thomas