An adventurous new departure into an expressionist style of production for Different Animal theatre here with an almost choreographic retelling of Orwell’s dystopian masterpiece, the iconic political parable that is Animal Farm.
It’s so long since I read Susan Hill’s supernatural thriller I can’t quite remember exactly how well or otherwise it works, though I definitely remember the Daniel Radcliffe film which seems to lack a genuinely chilling atmosphere – but this adaptation by Stephen Mallatratt has the lot.
