Tag: Duncan Macmillan

1984, Almeida Theatre – Are Airstrip One and perpetual war inevitable at this stage?

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Headlong and Nottingham Playhouse Theatre Company have joined forced to create a stage adaptation of Orwell’s famous dystopian oeuvre.  A disillusioned Winston Smith begins to write a diary while simultaneously a book club in the future ponders the book’s provenance and the loss of any historical facts about Smith following the downfall of Big Brother. […]

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Headlong’s 1984 is coming to the Almeida Theatre

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The company that brought us Chimerica has announced that it will take its new play 1984 to the Almeida Theatre as of February 8th for a 5 week run.  General booking will open on November 5th and will probably sell out quite quickly. 1984 is of course an adaptation of Orwell’s great classic.  In April, […]

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