A REBELLION has taken place at Manor Farm. The animals have overthrown their human masters and assumed control.
Led by the charismatic porker Napoleon, and fuelled by enthusiastic camaraderie, a prosperous future, free from the self-serving greed of humans is theirs for the taking.
However, it is not long until the principles that promised equality become the shackles that bind the animals once again, as expressed in the sinister, deeply ironic, statement: “All animals are equal. But some animals are more equal than others.”
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This is George Orwell’s Animal Farm, his dark, satirical, 1945 novel where he reflected on the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the later Stalin era.
The novel was adapted for the stage by Peter Hall and Adrian Mitchell, and that version will be staged by Galway Youth Theatre in the Black Box Theatre from Thursday December 16 to Sunday 19 at 8pm. Directed by Andrew Flynn, this large scale production, will feature a cast of 33 young actors, a live band, and an epic score.
Tickets are available via the Town Hall Theatre (www.tht.ie, 091 - 569777 ).
