Theatre Royal Bath Productions present 1984 by George Orwell
MONDAY 7 – SATURDAY 12 OCTOBER
7.45pm (Mon, Thurs, Fri, Sat). 7pm (Tues, Wed), 2.30pm (Thurs, Sat) (THEATRE)
Tickets and information 01202 280000
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It’s the novel that left an indelible mark on the 20th century that resonates and reverberates into the 21st, now Gorge Orwell’s 1984 is coming to Lighthouse Poole in a thrilling new version by Ryan Craig, directed by Lindsay Posner and starring versatile actor-comedian-musician Keith Allen.
On 4 April 1984, Winston Smith, comrade 6079, starts a diary. In a world where every action is painstakingly monitored and controlled, this simple act puts Winston’s life in jeopardy. A clandestine love affair with co-worker Julia further enrages the authorities, but can they truly trust each other? And what of the mysterious O’Brien? Will he help them overthrow the regime, confront them with their most terrifying fears, or worse…?
Shocking and fantastical when written in 1949, Orwell’s novel has remained one of the most chillingly prescient novels of the last century.
Keith Allen has a string of credits to his name including films The Others, Shallow Grave, 24 Hour Party People and Kingsman: The Golden Circle, as well as on the small screen Marcella, Bodies, My Mad Fat Diary, Making Out, Robin Hood (as the Sheriff of Nottingham), and the 2021 mini-series The Pembrokeshire Murders. On stage his numerous credits include The Homecoming, Pinter 3: Landscape/A Kind of Alaska in the West End, David Hare’s Murmuring Judges at the National Theatre, and The Celebration and The Room directed by Harold Pinter at the Almeida Theatre and in New York.
Ryan Craig’s recent work includes Charlotte and Theodore. Nominated as Most Promising Playwright at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards in 2005, he has gone on to win acclaim for The Holy Rosenbergs and Our Class at the National Theatre, The Glass Room and Filthy Business at Hampstead Theatre.
Director Lindsay Posner is one of the UK’s most sought-after directors whose most recent credits include West End runs of Noises Off and A View From The Bridge.