Announces a new season for 2024
The Almeida Theatre announces a new season for 2024, welcoming five new directors to the Almeida. Three extraordinary new plays are followed by two canonical revivals, but all the work is made in celebration of the unique intimacy and atmosphere of the Almeida stage….
The Comeuppance Saturday: 6 April – Saturday 18 May
Uk premiere by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, directed by Eric Ting and featuring Yolanda Kettle, Ferdinand Kingsley, Tamara Lawrance, Katie Leung and Anthony Welsh. A strikingly timely satire, which asks if we can ever break free from the people we used to be.
Alma Mater: Tuesday 11 June – Saturday 20 July
Genesis Almeida New Playwright Kendall Feaver presents her new play, Alma Mater, with a cast including Nathalie Armin, Phoebe Campbell, Liv Hill, Liam Lau-Fernandez, Lia Williams and Susannah Wise and directed by Polly Findlay. It’s a culture that begins with a joke, a gesture, a throwaway word or a game between friends, and it ends in an act of violence.
The Years: Saturday 27 July – Saturday 31 August
Nobel Prize winner Annie Ernaux’s novel, The Years, adapted and directed by Internationaal Theater Amsterdam’s Artistic Director Eline Arbo. Five different actors bring one woman’s personal and political story to life, set against the backdrop of a rapidly changing post-war Europe. Tickets on sale in Spring
Roots and Look Back In Anger: Tuesday 10 September - Saturday 30 November
The Almeida's first repertory season Angry and Young featuring Arnold Wesker's Roots, directed by Diyan Zora and John Osborne's Look Back in Anger, directed by Atri Banerjee. An 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. Tickets on sale in Spring
Lear is Not Okay and Lessons: Sunday 10 & Sunday 17 March
Almeida Young Company present Lear is Not Okay and Lessons in response to Yaël Farber’s production of King Lear. Tickets on sale now.
A record number of Almeida productions transferring to the West End and New York in one year. A Mirror has opened in the West End, whilst Artistic Director Rupert Goold is set to direct The Hunt at St. Ann’s Warehouse, New York and both Patriots and Tammy Faye on Broadway this year.
Sarah Gordon is the second recipient of The Roger Michell Commissioning Fund which supports an annual commission for a playwright with a fresh and unique perspective on the world to develop a play alongside the Almeida.
Further Information: Almeida Theatre | London