Passionate, whirlwind world of Streetcar arrives
This autumn, Rapture Theatre’s hot new production of the iconic American masterpiece will transport Scottish audiences to the sensual, sultry surroundings of New Orleans.
A Streetcar Named Desire visits the Macrobert Arts Centre on Wednesday, September 13.
The classic story sees southern belle Blanche DuBois seeking solace with her sister Stella, after her world starts to crumble. But her downward spiral brings her face-to-face with Stella’s husband - the sexy but brutal Stanley Kowalski.
As temperatures soar and passions rise, Blanche and Stanley battle for
A Streetcar Named Desire, Macrobert, Stirling
Stella’s soul.
A Pulitzer-prize-winning play by Tennessee Williams, Streetcar was immortalised in film by Marlon Brando and Vivien Leigh. This new production, featuring a cast of ten top-class performers and under Michael Emans’ direction, follows swiftly on his critical and popular success earlier this year with Rapture’s Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?
Last seen as Judy, Christopher’s mother in the National Theatre’s The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Gina Isaac leads the cast as Blanche, with Joseph Black, whose most recent work includes Cheek by Jowl’s The Winter’s Tale, as Stanley.
Kazeem Tosin Amore (Hamlet in Brixton) will play Mitch and Michelle Chantelle Hopewell (Sister Act) is Eunice. Multi-award winning Scottish actor Billy Mack will appear as Steve and critically-acclaimed Scottish actress Julia Taudevin takes on the pivotal role of Stella. Completing the cast will be Steven Scott-Fitzgerald, Paul Kozinski, Gary Nelson and Liz Drewett.
Director Michael Emans said: “I am thrilled to have assembled such an eclectic and highly-talented cast to join me on the dark and disturbing journey into the passionate, whirlwind world of Streetcar. I hope that, together, we will create a powerful new perspective on one of the greatest masterpieces of theatre.”
Michael added: “This year, the 70th anniversary of the play’s original production, we celebrate the timelessness of Streetcar.
“It presents us with an unflinchingly bold examination of sexual politics and prejudice, morality and identity that resonates powerfully today. It highlights the highly prescient topic of mental illness and lays bare the cultural and social tensions between an ‘immigrant’ diaspora and those who consider themselves to be the ‘native’ population.”