Animal Farm
09 Nov |
When: Saturday November 9th, 07:30 pm - 09:30 pm Where: Chesapeake Academic Building, The Blackbox Theater (4102) Address: 1428 Cedar Road Chesapeake, VA 23322 Description: TCC Theatre presents, “Animal Farm” adapted by Nelson Bond from the book by George Orwell
Info: Animal Farm is a fable with a sting. Much has been written about the threat of Communism, but it remained to the late George Orwell, farsighted British author of the brilliant and frightening 1984, to expose the Russian experiment for what it really is; an idealist's dream, converted by realists into a nightmare. In staged dramatic reading version of this timely allegory you will meet beasts whose prototypes have dominated news headlines for many fearful years. Opening on a note of joyous triumph for the creatures who have emancipated themselves from the cruel mastery of a human owner, the reading mounts inexorably to a climax of disillusionment in which the other animals discover themselves now subject to the rule of even more ruthless autocrats: the greedy, cunning pigs. Intermingling humor and drama, Animal Farm wrings the emotions of its listeners, leaving audiences shaken with the tale of a tragedy that happened in a mythical barnyard far away but could happen in our own back yard. Shows: November 7 – 9, 14 – 16 at 7:30 PM and November 10 at 2:00 PM. Tickets: $10 adults and $5 students / seniors / alumni and military. This event is open to the public. |