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| NEWS & EVENTS In this section you will find Liberty's press releases and information about forthcoming events and ways to get involved. In addition to Liberty events, this page lists events organised by other organisations and groups. Orwell - A CelebrationAlthough it was published 60 years ago, George Orwell's dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four is just as relevant today as it was in 1949. A dramatic celebration of George Orwell is taking place throughout June at the Trafalgar Studios in London. The show features the West End premiere of Dominic Cavendish’s critically acclaimed adaptation of Coming Up for Air, a chilling distillation of Nineteen Eighty-Four’s Ministry of Love interrogation scene and performances of Shooting an Elephant and A Hanging. With an additional complementary strand of talks and debates, and all profits going to Liberty and The Orwell Prize, the stage is set is for an unprecedented celebration marking the landmark publication anniversaries of Nineteen Eighty-Four and Coming Up for Air. www.orwellcelebration.org 8 June – 4 July Trafalgar Studios 14 Whitehall, London SW1A 2DY Latest News & EventsWe turned 75 on 24 February 2009, and some famous faces among our supporters, including Colin Firth, Emma Thompson, Joanna Lumley, Sir John Major and Tony Benn, have sent messages wishing us many happy returns.
The Booker prize-winner opens the London Literature Festival with a fascinating conversation on democracy with Director of Liberty, Shami Chakrabarti. Thursday 2 July, Southbank Centre, 7.30pm
Turner Prize-winning artist Steve McQueen directs an account of the IRA hunger strike and its leader Bobby Sands. The screening will be followed by a discussion with a panel of speakers including lawyer Gareth Pierce who has defended several of the so called 'war on terror' suspects, and Sara McNiece, Amnesty International campaign manager. Thursday 30 July, London
When an Egyptian terrorism suspect "disappears" on a flight from Africa to Washington DC, his American wife and a CIA analyst find themselves caught up in a struggle to secure his release from a secret detention facility somewhere outside the US. Free screening of this film directed by Gavin Hood and starring Reese Witherspoon and Jake Gyllenhall. Tuesday 15 September, London
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