Some of superstar director Michael Grandage’s first London shows were at the Almeida Theatre. But that was all a long time ago: he’s not been back this century. Until now: as part of Rupert Goold’s final season, Grandage returns to direct a very juicy prospect indeed. The Line of Beauty is rising star playwright Jack Holden’s adaptation of Alan Hollinghurt’s classic novel of Thatcherite Britain, set in 1983 as it follows protagonist Nick as he gets sucked into an alluring, disconcerting world of extreme privilige in a rapidly changing country.
An excellent cast includes the great Charles Edwards, plus Francesca Amewudah-Rivers, who was so good in Jamie Lloyd’s Romeo and Juliet. Relative newcomer Jasper Talbot plays Nick.
