Plot
Award-winning political playwright Tatty Hennessy (A Hundred Words for Snow, F*Off) adapts George Orwell’s classic as an allegory for our own times exploring themes of revolution, the price of sovereignty and power with humour and sharp wit. When the downtrodden animals of a farm overthrow their master to run the show themselves, they imagine it is the beginning of a life of independence and equality. But gradually a cunning, ruthless élite among them start to take control. Soon the other animals discover that they are not all as equal as they thought, and find themselves hopelessly ensnared as one form of tyranny is replaced with another and independence isn’t what they were promised it would be Directed with playful invention by Ed Stambollouian (Pinter at the Pinter, West End), this Made in Northampton production, in association with Kneehigh Theatre, will star Britain’s best young performing talent from the 2020 National Youth Theatre REP Company.
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Cast
Jack Humphrey
Minty (Sheep)
Nikhanise Phiri
Clara (hen)
Francesca Amewudah-Rivers
Benjamin (donkey)
Adeola Yemitan
Clover (horse)
Will Atiomo
Boxer (horse)
Ishmel Bridgeman
Blue (dog)
Jack Matthew
Napoleon (pig)
Ben Wilson
Snowball (pig)
Alexandra Hannant
Old Major (pig)
Matilda Rae
Squealer (pig)
Tife Kusoro
Nutmeg (pig)
Will Stewart
Mollie (horse) / Pathé voice
Tiajna Amayo
Petunia (cow)
Jadie-Rose Hobson
Tess (cat)
James-Eden Hutchinson
Milo (pigeon)
Connor Crawford
Minimus the Pig / Mr. Jones / Mr. Pilkington
