1984
By George Orwell, Adapted by Nick Hern

Wednesday 28th October | 7:30pm
Thursday 29th October | 7:30pm
Friday 30th October | 7:30pm
Saturday 31st October | 7:30pm

All Saints Church, Sutton Courtenay, OX14 4AE
Tickets: £15 (£12 concessions) from The Bookstore, 15 Bury Street (The Precinct)

In the church where George Orwell is buried, one of the most powerful novels of the twentieth century is reimagined as a haunting act of ritual, resistance and remembrance.

Oceania is a world ruled by fear.

The Party watches everything. History is rewritten. Truth is whatever those in power decide it to be. Under the ever-present gaze of Big Brother, Winston Smith risks everything in a desperate search for freedom, love and human connection.

Set within the sacred architecture of All Saints Church, this bold new production explores the unsettling relationship between faith, authority and control. Through immersive sound, choral voices, electronic music and striking visual imagery, the boundaries between worship and propaganda begin to blur. As slogans become hymns and surveillance becomes omnipresence, Orwell’s chilling vision feels more urgent than ever.

Created specifically for this unique setting, 1984 invites audiences to experience Orwell’s masterpiece in a space where questions of belief, truth and power resonate with extraordinary force.

A story of rebellion, betrayal and the fight for the human soul, 1984 remains one of the most compelling warnings ever written.