Golden Boy

Clifford Odets’ 1937 tragedy about a gifted young Italian-American violinist named Joe whose life becomes derailed by a move into prizefighting has rarely been revived in this country but now gets a splashy Almeida revival that screams ‘West End transfer’. Major Brit star Josh O’Connor – most recently seen in Spielberg’s Dislosure Day – will return to the stage for the first time since he became famous to play Joe. And Sam Yates’ production has a supporting cast to die for consisting of Jason Barnett, Richard Fleeshman, David Ganly, Patrick Martins, Daniel Mays, Oliver Ryan, Hayley Squires, Stanley Townsend, Zubin Varla and Nicholas Woodeson.