Look Back in Anger
By John Osborne, Directed by Atri Banerjee
Event details
Fri 20 Sep - Sat 23 Nov 2024
You see, I learnt at an early age what it was to be angry – angry and helpless. And I can never forget it.
Jimmy Porter is frustrated by his post-war life running a local stall. Embittered by the disapproval of his wife Alison’s wealthier family and a world that has shut him out, he frequently spirals into fits of rage.
One night, when Alison’s friend unexpectedly turns up at their home, this uneasy marriage descends further into freefall, with their friends left trying to keep the peace.
Former Almeida Resident Director Atri Banerjee (The Glass Menagerie; Julius Caesar) directs a new production of John Osborne’s ground-breaking, furious play which, alongside Arnold Wesker’s Roots, changed British theatre forever. Now the mirror they held up to 1950s society is angled towards 2024, with the two plays running alongside each other in repertory for 11 weeks, as part of the Almeida’s Angry and Young season.
Evenings 7.30pm
Matinees 2pm
Access Performances
Book our access performances by calling Box Office on 020 7359 4404 or email boxoffice@almeida.co.uk.
Audio Described Sat 2 Nov 2pm (Touch Tour 12pm)
Captioned Thu 31 Oct 7.30pm
Relaxed Environment Wed 30 Oct 7.30pm & Wed 6 Nov 2pm
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Introducing the play
Find out more about this ground-breaking, furious play from Almeida Artistic Director Rupert Goold, as he introduces our Angry and Young repertory season.
Cast & Creatives
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Cast
Morfydd Clark
Iwan Davies
Billy Howle
Ellora Torchia
Deka Walmsley
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Creatives
John Osborne
Writer
Atri Banerjee
Director
Naomi Dawson
Set Designer
Tomás Palmer
Costume Designer
Lee CurranLee Curran
Lighting Designer
Lee Curran
For the Almeida: A Streetcar Named Desire (also West End); Summer and Smoke (also West End); Dance Nation.
Theatre includes: Constellations (West End/ Broadway/ Royal Court); Jesus Christ Superstar (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre/ US Tour/ Barbican); Henry V, Berberian Sound Studio (Donmar Warehouse); The Welkin; Mr Gum and the Dancing Bear – The Musical!; Protest Song (National Theatre); Britannicus (Lyric Hammersmith); The Song Project; Gundog; Road; Nuclear War; a profoundly affectionate, passionate devotion to someone (-noun); X; Linda (Royal Court); The Glass Menagerie; West Side Story (Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester); Nora: A Doll’s House (Young Vic/ Citizens Theatre); The Two Character Play (Hampstead Theatre); The Son (Kiln Theatre/ West End); Harm (Bush Theatre); Burgerz (Hackney Showroom); Imogen (Shakespeare’s Globe); Doctor Faustus; Love’s Sacrifice (RSC); The Weir; A Streetcar Named Desire (ETT); A Number (Nuffield Southampton Theatres/ Young Vic).
Dance includes: We Are As Gods (James Cousins Company); Enowate (Dickson Mbi Company); Clorinda Agonistes (Shobana Jeyasingh Dance); Opus 131 (Russell Maliphant Dance Company); Blak Whyte Gray (Blue Boy Entertainment); Clowns; Sun; Political Mother; In Your Rooms; Uprising (Hofesh Shechter Company); Don Quixote (Royal Danish Ballet); Untouchable (Royal Ballet); Grey Matter; Tomorrow; Frames (Rambert).
Opera includes: Orphée et Eurydice (Royal Opera House/ Teatro alla Scala); Fidelio; Nothing (Royal Danish Opera); Tosca (Opera North); Phaedra (Royal Opera House).
Peter RicePeter Rice
Sound Designer
Peter Rice
Peter Rice is a freelance Sound Designer for Theatre & Short Film. He is Course Leader for Sound Design & Production at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, Sound Associate for NYX Electronic Drone Choir, Board Member of the Association of Sound Designers, and a founder member of Stage Sight. Peter also produces and presents the podcast ‘Conversations with Sound Designers’.
For the Almeida: The Tragedy of Macbeth; The Tragedy of King Richard II; Oil.
Theatre includes: Jesus Hopped The ‘A’ Train; Yellowman; It’s All Kicking Off Everywhere; Trade; Barbarians; Fireface (Young Vic); Gundog; Nuclear War (Royal Court); Deep Blue Sea; On The Shore Of The Wide World Theatre); A Streetcar Named Desire; Hamlet; Scuttlers; The Last Days of Troy; Blindsided; That Day We Sang; Cannibals; Orpheus Descending; Saturday Night/Sunday Morning; Black Roses (Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester); Masque Of Anarchy (Manchester International Festival); Miss Julie; Black Comedy (Chichester Festival Theatre); The Fruit Trilogy (Southbank Centre/ West Yorkshire Playhouse); Romeo and Juliet (Sheffield Theatres); The Funfair (HOME, Manchester).
Film includes: Fellow Creatures; Snapshots; Drown; Grin; Swansong; G.O.D.; Glue.
Imogen KnightImogen Knight
Movement Director
Imogen Knight
For the Almeida: The Tragedy of King Richard the Second; Against; Carmen Disruption; Little Revolution; The ; King Lear; Filumena; Measure for Measure; When the Rain Stops Falling.
Theatre includes: Good; Walden; Uncle Vanya; Rosmersholm; The Birthday Party; Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (West End); Future Frequencies (Esch 2022); The Wife of Willesden (Kiln Theatre); Is God Is; The Song Project; Bodies; Fake News; Linda; God Bless The Child; The Low Road (Royal Court); Under Milk Wood (National Theatre); The Son (Kiln Theatre/ West End); The Half God of Rainfall (Fuel Theatre/ Kiln Theatre/ Birmingham Rep); Blood Wedding; Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train; The Emperor (Young Vic).
As Movement Director and Intimacy Co-ordinator: The Welkin (National Theatre).
As Movement Consultant: The Christians (LAMDA).
As Intimacy Co-ordinator: Romeo and Julie; Jekyll & Hyde (National Theatre).
As Director: Nuclear War (Royal Court)
Opera includes: The Handmaid’s Tale; The Winter’s Tale; Powder Her Face (ENO); The Knife of Dawn (Royal Opera House); Flux; Rush Hour 10: Motion (Southbank Sinfonia); Gazelle Twin & NYX (Ovalhouse/ Southbank Centre).
Film includes: Embers; The Bubble.
Television includes: The Power.
Yarit Dor
Fight & Intimacy Director
Amy BallAmy Ball
Casting Director
Amy Ball
For the Almeida: Cold War; Portia Coughlan; Women, Beware the Devil; “Daddy” A Melodrama; Albion; The Hunt; Shipwreck; Dance Nation; Boy.
Theatre includes: Hamnet (RSC); Lyonesse; The Hills of California; Jerusalem; Leopoldstadt; Uncle Vanya; Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf; The Night of Iguana; Rosmersholm; True West; The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?; The Pillowman (West End); The Son (Kiln Theatre/ West End); Sweat (Donmar Warehouse/ West End); The Ferryman (Royal Court/ Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre/ West End); The Moderate Soprano (Hampstead Theatre/ West End); The Birthday Party; Consent (National Theatre/ West End); Hangmen (Royal Court/ West End/ Atlantic Theater Company); Berberian Sound Studio (Donmar Warehouse); Stories; Exit the King (National Theatre); White Noise; A Very Very Very Dark Matter (Bridge Theatre); The Brothers Size (Young Vic); Maryland; ear for eye; Girls & Boys; Cyprus Avenue (Royal Court).
Sabia Smith
Costume Supervisor
Edda Sharpe
Dialect Coach
Chloe Christian
Associate Director
Rhys Dennis
Associate Movement Director
angry and young Season
Look Back in Anger is presented in rep with Arnold Wesker‘s Roots as part of our Angry and Young season.
Concessions
All concession tickets are limited and subject to availability. Proof of eligibility is required. More info
Deaf and disabled patrons and a companion can buy discounted tickets by calling the Box Office on 020 7359 4404 or email boxoffice@almeida.co.uk.
£5 tickets will be available to those aged 25 and under for performances from Fri 20 – Fri 27 Sep. Enter code 25UNDER when selecting your seats. Tickets go on sale at 5pm on Tue 20 Aug. More info
If you are aged 30 or under, over 65 or are unemployed you can book tickets at a discounted rate. Not applicable on Fri or Sat evenings.
If you live or work in the Islington area you can book best available seats for £25 for performances from Fri 20 – Sat 28 Sep & Tue 2 Oct, subject to availability. Enter promo code ISFIRST when selecting your seats. Find applicable postcodes here.
Access Performances
Audio Described Sat 2 Nov 2pm (Touch Tour 12pm)
Captioned Thu 31 Oct 7.30pm
Relaxed Environment Wed 30 Oct 7.30pm & Wed 6 Nov 2pm
For full information about how to book for our access performances please visit our Access For All Page.
Talks & Events
Talkback
After Mon 18 Nov performance
A post-show talk with members of the company. Free to same-day ticket holders.
Almeida For Free
Thu 10 Oct 7.30pm
A free performance for those aged 25 and under. Sign up to our emails for Tickets & Events for 16-25s to be notified when tickets are available.
