My overall impression
Orwellian draws from several of the late George Orwell’s works, with the bulk of the material lifted from 1984; it’s assembled in a way that creates a single narrative using several different characters. The pacing is brisk, the cues and transitions are precise, and the overall effect is astounding. Even if you’re intimately familiar with Orwell’s work (which I am), the play is no less engrossing, as seeing Orwell’s words brought to life on a human face brings an entirely new weight and dimension to them. As it’s Larry Cedar’s face, it’s quite captivating; he is a phenomenal actor (as you may well know already), and his work as both actor and adapter (he put together this play himself) is at times humorous, inspiring, poignant, and harrowing. Highly recommended.
