A Streetcar Named Desire (Almeida Theatre) London Reviews and Tickets

86%

(18 Reviews)

Positive

94%

Mixed

Negative

Members say

Absorbing, Great acting, Ambitious, Clever, Edgy

About the Show

Rebecca Frecknall directs this adaptation of Tennessee Williams' seminal work.

Blanche DuBois, a former Southern belle from a wealthy family, moves into a shabby apartment with her sister Stella & brother-in-law Stanley after suffering a series of personal losses. Blanche brings with her a past that will threaten now only her future, that but of her sister's. As her brother-in-law edges closer to the truth, Blanche's fragile world begins to fracture, resulting in a violent conflict that changes their lives forever.

Rebecca Frecknall ('Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club') directs this production, starring BAFTA-winning actor Paul Mescal and Anjana Vasan.

Member Reviews (18)

Great acting, Edgy, Absorbing, Must see, Masterful

See it if You want to see brilliant performers at the top of their game in a classic play

Don't see it if You don't like long plays.

100

Thought-provoking, Epic, Great staging, Great acting, Absorbing

See it if you wanna see a potential olivier winning show and performances

Don't see it if you hate plays

Great staging, Great acting, Absorbing

See it if you're interested in an incredible take on a classic, performed and directed with such clarity and vivacity.

Don't see it if you don't like Tennessee Williams plays.

Ambitious, Absorbing

See it if Stripped back staging allows focus on the story and a different side of Blanche than is usually seen in this play.

Don't see it if You hate T Williams

Entertaining, Enchanting, Delightful, Clever, Absorbing

See it if Strong performances

Don't see it if Triggering stuff

Enchanting, Clever, Ambitious, Entertaining, Absorbing

See it if This is the show of 2022, best acting and direction I’ve seen in a while.

Don't see it if It’s very minimalist, so that may not go down well with everyone.

Great writing, Great acting, Disappointing, Confusing, Ambitious

See it if you want to see a classic on stage.

Don't see it if you aren't familiar with the play. Read more

Great acting, Great staging, Ambitious, Clever, Absorbing

See it if Paul Mescal as he TERRIFIC

Don't see it if if you cant sit for 90 mins before an interval

Critic Reviews (8)

"Tennessee Williams doesn’t do happy endings but this production represents a triumph over disaster. Frecknall proves herself again to be a director of great vision and invention."
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"The evening falls short of Summer and Smoke’s revelations, but grips with the intensity of a bad dream."
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"For all its clever artifice and non-naturalism, it is the power of these performances that gives this production its fierce and dangerous energy."
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"This Streetcar isn't quite as revelatory as that extraordinary production. But it is nevertheless a thoughtful and insightful look at a great and emotional play...and where the fear of both can tear a woman's mind to shreds."
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"Not an ounce of 'great theatre' stiffness here: this is raw, poetic, painful and plausible. Funny, too."
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"This is ferociously gripping, aesthetically astute, complex and compassionate – a well-worn drama turned into a searingly intimate journey into personal hell, its sufferings tricked out in lurid fantasy yet horribly, and compellingly, real."
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"This production’s approach to foregrounding ... themes with extraneous bells and whistles rather crowds out the the luminous prose in the text."
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"For a play that we usually think of as full of heightened emotion, Frecknall’s version feels deftly controlled and all the more effective for it. It takes a while to build in the first half but, once it does, it’s masterful."
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