Dominic Cavendish's monologue adaptation of George Orwell's Coming Up For Air forms the first half of a theatrical homage to Orwell created to coincide with the 70th anniversary of the novel
and the 60th anniversary of his masterwork Nineteen Eighty-Four. As well as placing two of his best-loved essays - Shooting an Elephant and A Hanging - in a theatrical context, Cavendish has
distilled The Ministry of Love interrogation scenes from Nineteen Eight-Four into a short, sharp shocking vignette of man's inhumanity to man. Together they demonstrate the enduring power and
range of Orwell's writing, its observational clarity, bracing humour and political intensity.
