Orwell - A Celebration

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Previewed 8 June 2009, opened 10 June 2009, closed 4 July 2009 at the Trafalgar Studio 2 in London

Orwell: A Celebration in London features the West End premiere of Dominic Cavendish’s critically acclaimed adaptation of Coming Up for Air, extracts from Nineteen Eighty-Four and two other rare shorts.

"Funny and poignant, it feels as fresh and true as if written this year" The Sunday Telegraph

Coming Up for Air, adapted for the stage by Dominic Cavendish, displays George Orwell's great gift for comic writing and grasp of middle class anxieties at a time of political and economic crisis. Hal Cruttenden reprises his unmissable performance as George Bowling, the hen-pecked insurance-man who flees the suburbs for the countryside of his childhood, on the eve of World War Two.

The evening also features a chilling distillation of Nineteen Eighty-Four’s Ministry of Love interrogation scene and performances of Orwell’s essays: Shooting an Elephant and A Hanging. Orwell - A Celebration is directed by Gene David Kirk and presented by Doublethink Theatre and The Fish Partnership.

Orwell: A Celebration in London marks the 60th and 70th anniversaries of the publications of Nineteen Eighty-Four and Coming Up for Air.

Orwell - A Celebration in London at the Trafalgar Studios 2 previewed from 8 June 2009, opened on 10 June 2009 and closed on 4 July 2009.