The production has recouped all its costs, and more than a third of the tickets sold have been at the special £19.84 ticket price, introduced by the producers with the aim of attracting younger audience members to the show.
Due to unprecedented demand, the production announced a five week extension until August 23 (previously July 19). Robert Icke and Duncan Macmillan’s adaptation of George Orwell’s 1984 opened in the West End on April 28 and has continued to receive critical acclaim.
1984 is written and directed by Robert Icke and Duncan Macmillan, set and costume designed by Chloe Lamford, with lighting designed by Natasha Chivers, sound designed by Tom Gibbons and video designed by Tim Reid.
George Orwell’s 1984 , published in 1949, is one of the most influential novels in recent history, with its chilling depiction of perpetual war, pervasive government surveillance and incessant public mind-control. Its ideas have become our ideas, and Orwell’s fiction is often said to be our reality.
Filtering the spirit and the ambition of the novel through the lens of contemporary culture, this radical new staging explores surveillance culture, identity and how thinking you can fly might actually be the first step to flying.
- 1984 is at the Playhouse Theatre , Northumberland Ave, London, WC2N 5DE until August 23.
- For tickets call 0844 871 7631 or go to www.atgtickets.com
- Performances are Monday to Saturday 7.30pm, Wednesday and Saturday matinee 2.30pm
- Ticket prices: 101 seats at £19.84 available at every performance. £10 (day seats), £19.84, £39.50 and £52.50 -Premium seats available
