“Do not live in a false dream. You have to wake up now.”

Face <1984> in your imagination. The prophecy of George Orwell 69 years ago revives as a horrifying reality on the stage beyond fiction. The world where Big Brother, the monitoring system that blocks the eyes and ears of human beings, controls liberty. Can the hair-raising deviation of Winston, who dreams of a simple daily life in which he can write his diary out of a manipulated memory, be successful? After the 100-minute windstorm raging on stage, you will think about the threats of today, not merely old memories from the past.

Forget the <1984> that you thought you knew.

The completely revamped <1984>, which has received tremendous acclaim from the press and critics, plays out right in front of us. Robert Icke and Duncan Macmillan, who adapted <1984> for stage, unravel the story of 1984 from the viewpoint of the future, beyond the imagination of the writer. Moving unrestricted through the present, past and future, the audience descends into chaos. Director Han Tae-sook, who has drawn substantial attention with each work due to unprecedented mise-en-scene, presents a sensational 1984 on a cold stage set as a grid shape stacked in several layers.

Synopsis

At a certain time in the future, people in a book club discuss a book written in the past. Are the contents of the book fiction or non-fiction? Winston Smith, the owner of the book, is a citizen of Oceania, a totalitarian society. The ruling party continuously monitors the public using the technology of the ‘Telescreen’. Winston, an external party member, is responsible for deleting or manipulating the records of the past for his party. His distrust of his party grows and he continues writing the truth he feels in his mind in his new diary...

Based on the novel by George Orwell

Dramatized by Robert Icke and Duncan Macmillan

Directed by Han Tae-sook

Translatied by Sohn Won-jung

Embellished by Ko Yeon-ock