Daily Courier Review: Pete MacLeod's Winston Smith Named 'Standout Performance' in 1984

Kelowna Actors Studio's 2020 stage adaptation of George Orwell's 1984 — the Icke/Macmillan version — earned high marks from The Daily Courier, with critic Anna Jacyszyn singling out Pete MacLeod's performance as Winston Smith. In her review, Jacyszyn wrote that "the standout performance is MacLeod's Winston", describing the production's second-act interrogation sequences as harrowing enough to feel like real torture.

Staged at The Workroom theatre in Kelowna, the sold-out production was praised for its immersive, unsettling atmosphere — from stern pre-show commands to Big Brother's ever-watching video screens — that stayed with the critic long after the curtain.

Read the full review at The Daily Courier →[link to https://www.kelownadailycourier.ca/entertainment/article_ed95fb8a-3d45-11ea-8bd7-332c3f39075d.html]

Review by Anna Jacyszyn, originally published in The Daily Courier, Jan. 22, 2020.