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Roots West End

Roots 2024

Opened: October 26, 2024
Closing: November 30, 2024

Roots - West End History , Info & More

Almeida Theatre
Almeida St, The Angel, London N1 1TA, United Kingdom London

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.

As Beatie’s radical new ideals fail to land with her traditional family, the differences between young and old are laid bare. Diyan Zora (English) directs Morfydd Clark (The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power) in 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 11 weeks, as part of the Almeida’s Angry and Young season.

__Assisted performances__

Wed 30th Oct 2:00pm (Relaxed environment)

Wed 6th Nov 7:30pm (Relaxed environment)

Fri 15th Nov 7:30pm (Captioned)

Sat 23rd Nov 2:00pm (Audio described – TT at 12pm)


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