Memory never stops. It pairs the dead with the living, real with imaginary beings, dreams with history.?
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She strikes a pose and the camera shutter clicks:?
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A child playing in the debris of the Second World War. Click. A student discovering parties and men’s bodies. Click. An activist fighting for the right to choose. Click. A wife picking out a velvet sofa. Click. A mother taking her eldest to judo. Click. A lover, seducing a younger man. Click. A grandmother presenting her granddaughter to the camera. Click?
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Internationaal Theater Amsterdam’s new Artistic Director Eline Arbo directs her inventive stage adaptation of Nobel Prize winner Annie Ernaux’s critically acclaimed “masterpiece” (The Guardian) The Years. Five different actors bring one woman’s personal and political story to life, set against the backdrop of a rapidly changing post-war Europe.??
The full cast includes Deborah Findlay, Romola Garai, Gina McKee, Anjli Mohindra and Harmony Rose-Bremner.
The original production and adaptation of The Years was first produced as De jaren by Het Nationale Theater in The Hague, Netherlands, in 2022.
ROOTS?
by Arnold Wesker??
Directed by Diyan Zora?
Tuesday 10 September – Saturday 23 November?
Press Performance: Tuesday 1 October, 7pm
The press performances of Roots and Look Back in Anger will both be performed on Tuesday 1 October, as part of a press day.
What’ve you done since you come in? Hev you said anythin’? I mean really said or done anything to show you’re alive??
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Beatie Bryant returns to her rural home in Norfolk, inflamed with political zeal from her time spent living in London. As the family anxiously prepares for the arrival of her firebrand activist boyfriend Ronnie, Beatie struggles to fit back into her old way of life.??
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As Beatie’s radical new ideals fail to land with her traditional family, the differences between young and old are laid bare.?
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Diyan Zora (Tom Fool; Klippies) directs a new production of Arnold Wesker’s lyrical, impassioned play about a young woman’s journey to self-discovery which, together with John Osborne’s Look Back in Anger, changed British theatre forever. The mirror they held up to 1950s society is now angled towards 2024, with the two plays running alongside each other in repertory for 13 weeks, as part of the Almeida’s Angry and Young season.
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Cast includes Morfydd Clark (Beatie), Iwan Davies (Mr Healey), Billy Howle (Frankie) and Ellora Torchia (Pearl), with further casting to be announced.
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LOOK BACK IN ANGER?
by John Osborne?
Directed by Atri Banerjee?
Friday 20 September – Saturday 23 November?
Press Performance: Tuesday 1 October, 1.30pm
The press performances of Roots and Look Back in Anger will both be performed on Tuesday 1 October, as part of a press day.
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You see, I learnt at an early age what it was to be angry – angry and helpless. And I can never forget it.?
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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.
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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.?
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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. The mirror they held up to 1950s society is now angled towards 2024, with the two plays running alongside each other in repertory for 13 weeks, as part of the Almeida’s Angry and Young season.?
Cast includes Morfydd Clark (Helena), Iwan Davies (Cliff), Billy Howle (Jimmy) and Ellora Torchia (Alison), with further casting to be announced.
