11 – 15 February
Octagon Theatre Bolton’s chilling and powerful retelling of George Orwell’s timeless fable, Animal Farm, comes to Malvern Theatres as part of a UK tour.
Adapted for the stage by Ian Wooldridge and directed by esteemed theatre director, Iqbal Khan (East is East, Birmingham Rep & National Theatre, Tartuffe, Royal Shakespeare Company, Opening Ceremony of Commonwealth Games) the show opened to critical acclaim earlier this year at Octagon Theatre Bolton.
ALL ANIMALS ARE EQUAL.
BUT SOME ARE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS…
When the downtrodden animals of Manor Farm overthrow their master, they imagine it is the beginning of a new life of freedom and equality. However, over time they find themselves ensnared as one tyranny is quickly replaced with another.
Animal Farm is Orwell’s enduring and devastating satire about the corruption of power, that comments on the imbalance among society and demonstrates how some are more equal than others.
A story as relevant today as when it was written in 1945, this classic tale will be brought vividly to life on stages across the UK in this gripping production for 2025.
The full creative team includes: Iqbal Khan (director); Ciaran Bagnall (set and lighting designer); Gerry Marsden (sound designer); Su Newell (costume designer and supervisor); Shelley Eva Haden (movement director); Dylan Towley (composer).
The cast includes Sam Black (Animal Farm, Octagon Theatre Bolton, Derby Theatre and Hull Truck, Cyrano De Bergerac, Harold Pinter Theatre and BAM New York) as Boxer; Natalia Campbell (The Tempest, The Royal Shakespeare Company, Tartuffe, The Royal Shakespeare Company and Birmingham Rep) as Old Major and Clover; Olivia Chandler (Animal Farm, Octagon Theatre Bolton, Derby Theatre and Hull Truck, Around the World in 80 Days, Octagon Theatre Bolton) as Mollie; Lewis Griffin (All of Us, National Theatre, Comedy of Errors, Royal Shakespeare Company) as Squealer; Soroosh Lavasani (UK tour of Peter Pan Goes Wrong, Mischief Theatre and Kenny Wax, Romeo & Juliet, Red Rose Chain) as Snowball; Rhian Lynch (Peter Pan The Musical, Birmingham Old Rep Theatre, Miss Popplewell’s Garden, The Rude Mechanicals Theatre Company) as Napoleon.
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