Jimmy Porter is becoming increasingly frustrated by his post-war life running a local stall. Deeply embittered by the constant disapproval of his wife Alison’s wealthy family and a world that seems to shut him out, he spirals into frequent fits of rage.
Their uneasy marriage descends even further into freefall, when Alison’s friend unexpectedly turns up one night at their home, with their friends left desperately trying to keep the peace.
Former Almeida Resident Director Atri Banerjee directs Billy Howle and Ellora Torchia in a new production of Look Back In Anger.
John Osborne’s furious and ground-breaking play, alongside Arnold Wesker’s Roots, changed British theatre forever and now the mirror they held up to society in the 1950s has been angled towards 2024, with the two plays running for 11 weeks alongside each other in repertory as part of the Angry and Young season at the Almeida Theatre.