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1984 (Themes (What is Truth/Reality? How do we know what is true or real?…
1984 
Lighting
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There were frequent random lighting sequences to dislocate the audience. These lighting changes weren't noticed by the ensemble and were more like background effects
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The Room 101 lighting was so bright and sterile, it almost felt like the audience was under the interrogation chair
Themes
What is Truth/Reality? How do we know what is true or real? Related to memory. Language is how we think, and if we have a reduced language (Newspeak), we can no longer think the same
What is Memory? If we remember something, does that mean it happened? Or are records the only way to remember? Records can be altered, deleted...
The Nature of Power; those in power do everything they can do remain in power. Are there similarities between Big Brother and our government?
Surveillance and tracking; they are always being watched through the telescreen. In our society, there is CCTV, social media presence, companies owning out data, even being tracked through our movements online,
The individual and one's freedoms. What is it to be free? "The individual is dead the the Party is immortal"
Quotes and Moments
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a picture of the future is "a foot smashing a face, forever"
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Moments
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Reptition of the same cafe scene four times (demonstrates how the people continue their day-to-day, completely accepting the new reality of 'unperson')
Costume
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The contrast between warm, 50s-esque and the Room 101 whiteness was jarring - "The room where there is no darkness"
The only real colour we see is red - the red of passion, love, rebellion
Set
it was box-life, square, like watching through a telescreen
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"The Antique Shop is the only place in the world where the past still exists" - thinking about the past; Winston trapped in the past; link to when Orwell wrote the novel
Disorientating the have multiple locations in the same place on stage; represent Winston's disclocation - "Where do you think are, Winston?"
Director's Concept
They want audiences to have “a sense of the visceral face punch” that readers feel upon finishing the book. (source)
There was a huge amount of foreshadowing in the first part of the play, in the form of movement, characters appearing, and most importantly, dialogue. Language is the tool of warning in this play
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Acting
The torture scenes were distressing, to make the audience feel like Winston
Character relaitonships were not the highlight, to show the reality of living in Winston's world where anyone could be Thought Police
Discussion of Julia and Winston - the relationships was wooden and almost clinical. Does that show how they don't know how to love? Or is it that the relationship was businesslike, an act of defiance rather than passion? Is Julia's characterisation clunky because she is only what Winston sees her as; a means to an end?
Lots of slow, synchronised movements. The ensemble acted in unison
The servant character, Martin, (Renato Musolino) maintained a creepy focus on Winston the entire play - every scene he was in, he was looking only at Winston