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The PlayIn George Orwell's 1984, Winston Smith wrestles with oppression in Oceania, a place where the Party scrutinizes human actions with ever-watchful Big Brother. Defying a ban on individuality, Winston dares to express his thoughts in a diary and pursues a relationship with Julia. These criminal deeds bring Winston into the eye of the opposition, who then must reform the nonconformist. George Orwell's 1984 introduced the watchwords for life without freedom: BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU.

A NEW ADAPTATION CREATED BY ROBERT ICKE AND DANCAN MACMILLAN

Opening: 6 May 2017, Bertonov Theatre | Length: 1 hour, 40 minutes with no interval

Presented by permission of Bill Hamilton as the Literary Executor of the Estate of the Late Sonia Brownell Orwell

Program editors: Ruth Tonn Mendelson, Rami SemoRehearsal Photos: Gerard Allon. Program graphic design: Nutelstudio

Hebrew Version: Eli BijaouiDirected by Irad RubinstainSet Designed by Polina AdamovCostumes Designed by Maor ZabarMusic by Roy YarkoniVideo by Guy RomemMovement by Amit ZamirLighting Designed by Ziv Voloshin

The Cast:Winston Smith - Alex KrulO'brien - Gil FrankJulia - Oshrat IngedashetTom Parsons - Uri HochmanMrs. Parsons - Davit GavishSyme - Ben YosipovitchCharrington/Host - Shahar RazMartin - Nadir EldadChild - Chloe Maroely/Noga Shem-Tov/Hadar Bernstein

Production Manager: Noa Anatot/Dikla FarberAssistant Director: Ruth GefenSongs composed by Oshrat Ingedashet

Understudy in rehearsals: Oren Papsimadov

George Orwell