George Orwell. Rock opera «1984»

A multimedia rock opera about love and freedom, based on Orwell’s dystopia, with lyrics by Vera Polozkova.

Director Konstantin Kamensky brings Orwell’s story into a present-day world of talk shows, screens and digital surveillance. Two people try to preserve their love as feelings become crimes and truth is rewritten.

The production combines dramatic theatre, original music, video and multimedia. Alexander Krasovitsky wrote the arrangements and plays Winston Smith; Teona Dolnikova plays Julia, Evgeny Pronin the TV presenter and Vladimir Daraganov Parsons. Lyrics are by Vera Polozkova.

Duration: three hours including an interval. Ages 12+. Tickets €49–€249.