Arts & Culture
Orwell's Down and Out: LIVE IN PARIS
In the second installment of our Down and Out: Live project, The Orwell Foundation is bringing George Orwell’s classic book to Paris after its sell-out performance in London in June.
The immersive performance, which asks searching questions about homelessness today, will take place at La Générale in Paris on 28th September from 2pm until 6pm (CEST) followed by a policy debate from 6:30-8.00pm (CEST). The performance will take place in both French and English.
Orwell wrote Down and Out in Paris and London as a result of his own experiences sleeping rough and working on what would now be called zero-hours contracts in hotel kitchens. The dramatised reading draws on other pieces of writing by Orwell, including his diaries, The Spike and A Clergyman’s Daughter. Modern stories from the streets will be woven into the original text, alongside poems specially commissioned from three contemporary poets. Readers will include writers, activists, politicians, and young people who have been homeless.
The event is the result of a collaboration between The Orwell Foundation, The Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Libby Brodie Productions and UCL. It is supported using public funding by Arts Council England.
The events will be accompanied by new poetic responses in English and French and a short film will be produced by the award-winning film-maker Edwin Mingard.
Cast and Creatives
Director Hannah Price
Producer Libby Zietsman-Brodie
Production Manager Ben Krebs
Lighting Designer Robbie Butler
Sound Designer Fraser Milroy
Set & Costume Octavia Crawford-Collins
Stage Manager & Board Op Lara Goncalves
Assistant Director Callum Brodie
ASM Ben Tooth
ASM Connor Stewart
Cast - James Marshall, Graeme Stirling, Allie Croker, Olivia Bromley, Jordan Pitt, Eleanor Westbrook, Megan Leigh Mason, Jo Ben Ayed
Video production team
Live stream director Matt Aucott
Camera operators Patrick Robinson & Alejandro Salinas Lopez
Live stream technical support Maurice Brown
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