The casting has been announced for the Octagon Theatre Bolton, Derby Theatre and Hull Truck Theatre co-production of George Orwell's Animal Farm, adapted by Ian Wooldridge and directed by Iqbal Khan.
When the downtrodden animals of Manor Farm overthrow their master, they imagine it is the beginning of a new life of freedom and equality. However, over time they find themselves ensnared as one tyranny is quickly replaced with another.
The full cast includes Samater Ahmed (Macbeth and Romeo & Juliet, Box Clever Theatre Company), Sam Black (Cyrano De Bergerac, Harold Pinter Theatre and BAM New York, Simon Stephen Presents, Royal Exchange), Amy Drake (Classic!, Hope Mill Theatre and HER Productions, Peter Pan, Octagon Theatre Bolton), Polly Lister (Jekyll and Hyde, Derby Theatre and Queens Theatre Hornchurch, One Man Two Guvnors, Octagon Theatre Bolton, Theatre, Theatre by the Lake and Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse), Killian Macardle (Mind Mangler: Member of the Tragic Circle, Mischief Theatre, UK tour of Groan Ups, Mischief Theatre and Kenny Wax) and Ida Regan (4 Walls, Derby Theatre, The Book Thief, Octagon theatre Bolton).
Animal Farm is at the Octagon Theatre Bolton 1–24 February, Derby Theatre 28 February to 16 March and Hull Truck Theatre 27 March to 13 April.