New Diorama Theatre's DOWN & OUT IN PARIS AND LONDON Trailer (2016)

Down & Out in Paris and London

19 Apr - 14 May, 2016 | New Diorama Theatre, London | www.newdiorama.com | 0207 383 9034

17 - 21 May, 2016 | Greenwich Theatre, London | www.greenwichtheatre.org.uk | 020 8858 7755

ABOUT THE SHOW
Having survived Eton, young George Orwell disappears into the underworld of 1920s Paris in search for something to write about, while a modern-day journalist goes undercover on a London council estate at the turn of the millennium.

Multi-award winning New Diorama transfer their brand new show back to London after its sell-out premiere at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2015. Inspired by Orwell’s autobiographical tale and combined with Polly Toynbee’s 2003 book Hard Work, this production is written and directed by New Diorama Theatre's Artistic and Executive Director, David Byrne.

Winners of Writers’ Guild and List Magazine Award for Drama and Les Enfants Terribles Prize.

SHOW CREDITS
Down & Out in Paris and London is written and directed by David Byrne.

The cast includes Mike Aherne, Karen Ascoe, Richard Delaney, Andy McLeod, Andrew Strafford-Baker & Stella Taylor.

Costume Design by Ronnie Dorsey. Lighting Design by Cat Webb. Sound Design by Dominic Brennan.

Assistant Director: Natalie York.

Trailer made by The Other Richard: www.theotherrichard.com

Down & Out in Paris and London is a co-production between New Diorama Theatre and Greenwich Theatre in association with the Pleasance.

The production is supported by Cockayne Foundation, Royal Victoria Hall Foundation, Unity Theatre Trust, Theatre Delicatessen and is supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.

Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell (Copyright, 1933) by permission of Bill Hamilton as the Literary Executor of the Estate of the Late Sonia Brownell Orwell

PRESS QUOTES FOR DOWN & OUT IN PARIS AND LONDON
★★★★ "An energetic production and superb script. Courageous and important. A significant and timely play" The OBSERVER.

★★★★★ "The writing is outstandingly vivid and pointed.The production is fast-paced and funny, with some great ensemble acting. A subtle, effective piece of political theatre. Highly relevant, highly reflective, and highly recommended." The MORNING STAR

★★★★★ "Should be obligatory viewing for everyone." BIG ISSUE

★★★★★ “Neatly stepping from the streets of 20th century Paris to the pavements of 21st Century London with the briefest manipulations of the staging, the play spins humour, tragedy and very real embodiments that the human-spirit will endure almost anything.” BRITISH THEATRE GUIDE

★★★★★ “Strikingly staged, deftly acted and simultaneously hard-hitting and bitingly funny. A theatrical tour-de-force.” BROADWAY BABY

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