The Almeida Theatre in North London has revealed casting for its forthcoming Angry and Young season, featuring Arnold Wesker’s Roots and John Osborne’s Look Back in Anger.
Already announced in the repertory company performing in both plays are Morfydd Clark, Iwan Davies, Billy Howle and Ellora Torchia.
They will be joined by Michael Abubakar, Eliot Salt, Sophie Stanton, Tony Turner and Deka Walmsley.
In Roots, roles will be played by: Michael Abubakar (Jimmy Beales), Morfydd Clark (Beatie Bryant), Iwan Davies (Mr Healey), Billy Howle (Frankie Bryant), Eliot Salt (Jenny Beales), Sophie Stanton (Mrs Bryant), Ellora Torchia (Pearl Bryant), Tony Turner, (Stan Mann) and Deka Walmsley (Mr Bryant).
And in Look Back in Anger, the roles will be played by: Morfydd Clark (Helena Charles), Iwan Davies (Cliff Lewis), Billy Howle (Jimmy Porter), Ellora Torchia (Alison Porter) and Deka Walmsley (Colonel Redfern).
Arnold Wesker’s Roots is directed by Diyan Zora (Tom Fool, English), and runs from 10 September to 23 November 2024; and John Osborne’s Look Back in Anger is directed by Atri Banerjee (The Glass Menagerie, Julius Caesar), and runs from 20 September to 23 November 2024.
Both shows have their opening night on 1 October.
The creative team for both shows includes Set Designer Naomi Dawson, Costume Designer Tomás Palmer, Lighting Designer Lee Curran, and Casting Director Amy Ball CDG.
The creative team for Roots also includes Sound Designer George Dennis, Movement Director Chris Evans, Fight and Intimacy Director Yarit Dor, and Associate Director Tian Brown-Sampson; and the creative team for Look Back in Anger also includes Sound Designer Peter Rice, Movement Director Imogen Knight, Fight and Intimacy Director Yarit Dor, Associate Director Chloe Christian, and Associate Movement Director Rhys Dennis.
Both John Osborne’s ground-breaking, furious play Look Back in Anger, and Arnold Wesker’s lyrical, impassioned play Roots, changed British theatre forever, holding up a mirror to 1950s society.
The plays run in the Almeida’s Angry and Young season for 11 weeks from 10 September to 23 November 2024.
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