Review: 1984 at Southwest Shakespeare Company
Director Maren Maclean Mascarelli has assembled a remarkable cast in an intense retelling of Orwell's classic.
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1984 at Mesa Arts Center
Dates: 10/11/2025 - 10/26/2025
📍 Theatre: Mesa Arts Center
Southwest Shakespeare Company
1 East Main Street
Mesa, AZ 85201
Phone: 480.644.6500
Tickets: $25-$65
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Winston Smith is in prison, found guilty of Thoughtcrimes against Big Brother. As part of his reconstruction, he must re-enact key moments from his past life, with the help of other thought criminals, so that everyone can learn from his mistakes. Including his biggest mistake of all: falling in love with Julia.
George Orwell's classic dystopia 1984 is a still-resonant vision of the tolls of living under totalitarianism. Constructed almost entirely from dialogue taken from the original novel, this bold and powerful dramatisation restores the blazing heart of Orwell's work: a doomed love story, with the lovers at its centre.
This pre-eminently stageable version, adapted by Nick Hern.
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