
This is not a perfect production, but it is on the whole quite a strong one, and a rare chance to see a professional local staging of this excellent play.

Family, time, love, cultural identity, the migrant experience, magic and aging – themes which manifest as disappointment and frustration, resentment, compromise and broken promises.

At the end of each day my brain is full to burst: so many stories in my head, so much new information to absorb and embrace. Can life get any sweeter?

Blame a fear of political correctness, fake news or Donald Trump, but dystopian fiction is having a moment and George Orwell’s almost-70-year-old classic is riding the wave, leaping to the top of the US Amazon bestseller list at the start of the year.

Nothing can really prepare you for the hilarious, disturbing, surreal and sad journey that the ginger, extremely awkward Englishman Kim Noble takes you on.