A Clockwork Orange comes to stage in first Belvoir St Theatre season since fire
Belvoir St Theatre in Sydney has announced its 2027 season, featuring a new stage adaptation of Anthony Burgess's A Clockwork Orange. Director Margaret Thanos aims to explore themes of free will and modern societal regression through the production.
Why it matters
The production highlights the ongoing cultural relevance of dystopian literature in addressing contemporary concerns about misogyny and political extremism.
After a year of mostly literary adaptations, Belvoir in 2027 has a focus on playwriting. ( Supplied: Belvoir/Daniel Boud )
Link copied Share Share article When Margaret Thanos read A Clockwork Orange for the first time last year, she was struck by the similarities between the dystopia of the novel and society today.
"I couldn't help but feel Burgess was not describing some horrific imagined future, but the world I and my female friends feel like we live in right now," the director says.
When Alex is caught and convicted of the murder of an elderly woman, he is subjected to an experimental rehabilitation program, designed to make him severely ill at the thought of violence.
A Clockwork Orange was made into a movie by Stanley Kubrick in 1971 and will be adapted into a new play by Sydney's Belvoir St Theatre in 2027.
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