Cast Set for Return of 1984 to London's West End

An entirely new cast has been tapped for the previously reported return of Robert Icke and Duncan Macmillan’s adaptation of 1984 to the West End. George Orwell’s dystopian masterpiece is scheduled to play June 14 through September 3 at the Playhouse Theatre. Opening night is set for June 28.

The company will include Rosie Ede (Side by Side by Sondheim) as Mrs. Parsons, Andrew Gower (Monroe) as Winston, Joshua Higgott (Oresteia) as Syme, Richard Katz (Romeo and Juliet) as Charrington, Anthony O’Donnell (The Captain of Kopenick) as Parsons, Daniel Rabin (Pericles) as Martin, Catrin Stewart (Romeo and Juliet) as Julia and Angus Wright (Oresteia) as O’Brien alongside Eve Benioff Salama, Cleopatra Dickens, Amber Fernee and India Fowler who will alternate the role of Child. Rounding out the company will be Ingrid Schiller, Gerard Gilroy and Thom Petty.

April, 1984. 13:00. Comrade 6079, Winston Smith, thinks a thought, starts a diary and falls in love. But Big Brother is always watching. The definitive book of the 20th century is re-examined in a radical, award-winning adaptation exploring surveillance, identity and why Orwell’s vision of the future is as relevant now as ever.