Look Back in Anger might be a play of yesterday but in Banerjee’s hands it is a strong as it could be

As Jimmy, Howle is suitably loathsome. His venomous speeches bounce dangerously across the almost entirely empty stage. He taunts his wife (a brilliant Ellora Torchia), calling her “Juads” but barely acknowledging her physical presence in a room. Instead, he lists the things that repulse him – the upper classes, his in-laws, the church, all women – but his endless complaints and desire for people to be…