Brookman to end State Theatre tenure with Orwellian flourish

Outgoing State Theatre Company artistic director Geordie Brookman will end his seven-year tenure at the company with an energetic adaptation of George Orwell’s Animal Farm to kick-start the 2019 season.

Theatre review: 1984

Emerging from this outstanding stage adaptation of George Orwell’s 1984, you feel something like Winston Smith leaving the Ministry of Love: psychologically crushed and grateful for it.