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Versus Teatre Carrer de los Castillejos 179, 08013 Barcelona
George Orwell’s classic dystopian novel 1984 tells the story of Winston Smith’s struggle against the constant surveillance and gas-lighting of a power-hungry state at perpetual war has an eerie resonance with the modern world. The parallels have not been lost on many, and 1984 has seen something of a cultural revival in the past year—the book topped the Amazon.com sales charts in early 2017, while a major new stage production has opened on Broadway.
Here in Barcelona, English-language theatre company Escapade presents its adaptation of the seminal novel for the second time, following a sell-out run earlier in the year. Escapade Theatre’s production focuses on the parallels with Orwell’s Oceania and the world we live in today, aiming to both shock the audience out of indifference, and encourage dialogue.
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