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1984
March 11 - 16
Old Fire Station Theatre, Oxford
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By
Aidan Elliott, director
Over
the summer the Observer newspaper ran a series of reports on the
"nanny state."
It
illustrated the many ways in which both the government and corporate
companies monitor and record significant amounts of our everyday
activities – including our movements, phone calls, e-mails and
payments.
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| This
new production of 1984 is brutal, says its director |
It
became increasingly apparent, and indeed worrying, how very suddenly
Orwell’s nightmarish vision of a totalitarian, monitoring state
was fast becoming a reality.
These
issues, and the public’s obsession with fly on-the-wall television
programmes such as Big Brother and I’m a celebrity, motivated
me to bring Orwell’s book back into the public eye.
I
wanted to expose this phenomenon and the public’s obsessions through
a theatre production.
Over the last few months I have set about acquiring an enthusiastic,
skilled team who share my vision of bringing 1984 to the stage.
Theatre
of brutality
I
had no intentions to distort the book in any way – I planned to
stay faithful to the author and present his work the way he set
it down on paper.
Indeed,
it would be a rather arrogant decision to attempt to better Orwell’s
masterpiece.
The production will be dark, tense and in many parts shocking
– children under 12, and those with a nervous disposition, should
stay away.
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Time: 19:30 plus Sat mat 14:30
Tickets: £8.50 (concs £6.50)
Old
Fire Station Theatre
40 George Street, Oxford
OX1 2AQ
Tel: 01865 297 170
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the production .
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