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Theatre

Almeida’s Look Back in Anger is flawless

19 October 2024

9:00 AM

19 October 2024

9:00 AM

Juno and the Paycock

Gielgud Theatre, until 23 November

Look Back in Anger

Almeida Theatre, in rep until 30 November

Strange title, Juno and the Paycock. Sean O’Casey’s family drama is about a hard-pressed Dublin matriarch, Juno, whose husband Jack ‘the paycock’ Boyle refuses to support his family and spends all day drinking with his penniless cronies. The producers have labelled the show an ‘Irish masterpiece’, which raises the bar.

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