KantTheaterBerlin: 1984 von George Orwell

Big Brother is watching you—more than 70 years ago, George Orwell wrote this science-fiction thriller about the destruction of a human being by a totalitarian surveillance state. Winston Smith questions this system; he hates it, and that alone is a thoughtcrime—his death sentence—and he knows it. But suddenly, something completely unexpected happens to him: he falls in love. But can he really trust Julia? Isn’t she, after all, a member of the Thought Police?

In the Kanttheater Berlin production, Uwe Neumann plays Winston Smith, while Anette Daugardt takes on the roles of his adversaries, his lover, and the Thought Police. Two chairs and a trombone are enough to reveal the fascinating and terrifying intellectual core of this classic dystopia in all its menacing relevance.

Written and performed by Anette Daugardt and Uwe Neumann

Since 2003, the KantTheaterBerlin has been staging contemporary works and classics in its own modernized adaptations in an intimate theater setting.

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