Theatre
Animal Farm
Van Badham’s adaptation of George Orwell’s novel
Black Swan State Theatre Company
by Francesca Sasnaitis •
Alison van Reeken, Andrea Gibbs, and Megan Wilding in Animal Farm (photograph by Daniel J Grant)
The birds are twittering and tweeting (all puns intended) on Manor Farm. Industrial scaffolding leads up to a platform that cuts the minimalist set in two. The same metal barriers that are used to corral the crowds waiting for Covid-19 vaccinations criss-cross the floor of the stage. ‘Breaking News’ flashes across the cinema-sized screen that looms over what will soon be renamed ‘Animal Farm’.
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