Full casting and tour dates have been announced for the highly anticipated upcoming production of George Orwell’s classic satirical fable, Animal Farm, adapted and directed by Robert Icke.

The brand-new production will embark on an extensive UK tour, opening at Birmingham Rep from 22 January 2022 before visiting Cambridge, Newcastle, Bath, Norwich, Salford, Plymouth, Nottingham, Coventry, Blackpool, Liverpool, Canterbury, Richmond, Wolverhampton and Bromley. 

The cast of Animal Farm includes Matt Churcher, Darcy Collins, Enrico D. Wey, Ailsa Dalling, Elisa De Grey, Edie Edmundson, Michael Jean-Marain, Rayo Patel, Yana Penrose, Markus Schabbing, Sharon Sze, Ben Thompson and Matt Tait. 

The production will feature design by the four-time Olivier Award-winning Bunny, and puppetry by Toby Olié.

The animals of Manor Farm drive out the farmer and run the farm themselves. 

A revolution. And then what? Then freedom. Every animal will be free.

Old Major, the prize boar, calls the animals of Manor Farm together. 

He has had a strange dream of a better future.

George Orwell’s world-famous, biting political novel was first published in 1945 and tells the story of a revolution and its aftermath. Re-imagined by an award-winning creative team, Animal Farm is a dynamic, daring and contemporary take on a timeless story.

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