CRIME AND PUNISHMENT IN DALSTON A co-production with Arcola Theatre Supported by: London Arts and Arts Council England; sponsored by BBC’s Network X  Adapted and directed by: David Farr based on the novel by: Fyodor Dostoyevsky Dates: Arcola Theatre, London: 3 January to 2 February  A free contemporary reworking of Dostoevsky's great novel into a new play for young people. The setting of the classic story has been transplanted to Dalston, tackling contemporary themes of race, ghettoisation and deprivation. ‘Every now and then we read in our newspapers about an old man or woman who has been callously murdered in their own home for no more than twenty or thirty pounds. We are appalled. We cannot understand how someone could do such a thing for so little. This is about how someone can.’ David Farr “This is a Crime and Punishment with attitude, street-cred and wisdom.”  THE INDEPENDENT  “You do not have to know your Dostoevsky [...] to admire the topical variation that David Farr has created.” THE TIMES To read David Farr's commentary on the play, please click here.