ROOTS
It’s 1958. Beatie Bryant has been to London and fallen in love with Ronnie, a young socialist. As she anxiously awaits his arrival to meet her family at their Norfolk farm, her head is swimming with new ideas. Ideas of a bolder, freer world which promise to clash with their rural way of life.
Roots is the remarkable centrepiece of Wesker’s seminal post-war trilogy. Director James Macdonald directs Jessica Raine as Beatie in this portrait of a young woman finding her voice at a time of unprecedented social change.
★★★★★ ‘Raine’s meticulous, quivering performance has a beguiling honesty and vulnerability’ WhatsOnStage
★★★★ ‘A meticulous and beautifully acted revival’ The Independent
★★★★ ‘A marvel of a performance from Linda Basset’ The Guardian