Almeida Theatre’s critically acclaimed, hot ticket, sell-out production of A Streetcar Named Desire, directed by Rebecca Frecknall (Cabaret, Summer & Smoke), will return for a strictly limited three-week engagement at the Noël Coward Theatre, before transferring to Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) for its US premiere, from 28 February – 06 April 2025.
Paul Mescal, best known for Gladiator II and his BAFTA winning role in Normal People, Olivier Award winners Patsy Ferran (Summer & Smoke) and Anjana Vasan (We Are Lady Parts) with Dwane Walcott (One Night in Miami, Our Girl) will reprise their roles of Stanley, Blanche, Stella and Harold ‘Mitch’ Mitchell respectively.
On Thursday 14 November, tickets for the three-week West End engagement will go onsale to DMT+ members at 10am, to ATG+ members and Almeida Supporters at 12pm and to anyone who signs up for priority access to tickets at 2pm. To gain access to tickets from 2pm, sign up now via www.streetcarwestend.com. Tickets will then go on general sale via DMT, ATG and Almeida at 10am on Friday 15 November.
BAM members and patrons will be able to purchase tickets from Wednesday 20 November, with the Amex presale on Thursday 5 December (while supplies last), and general onsale on Tuesday 10 December.
At every performance, 100 great seats, split across all levels of the auditorium, and including the front row of the stalls are available exclusively for patrons aged 25 or under, at the special price of £30. These seats can be booked online via the Delfont Mackintosh Theatres box office. Please note that ID will be required upon arrival, or entry will not be permitted.
The production previously ran at the Almeida theatre from December 2022 to February 2023, before going on to have continued success at the Phoenix Theatre later that year. The casts won multiple awards for their roles in the production, including Paul Mescal taking home the Olivier Award for Best Actor, and Anjana Vasan for Best Supporting Actress, while Patsy Ferran won a Best Actress Critic’s Circle Award.
The principle cast will be joined by Eduardo Ackerman (Pablo Gonzales), Rob Dempsey (Understudy Drummer/Doctor), Janet Etuk (Eunice Hubbel), Alexander Eliot (Steve Hubbel/Understudy Stanley Kowalski/Harold “Mitch” Mitchell), Gabriela Garcia (Flower Seller/Nurse/Singer/Understudy Stella Kowalski), Francesca Knight (Understudy Blanche Dubois/Eunice Hubbel), Tom Penn (Doctor/Drummer), Curtis Patrick (Understudy Young Collector/Steve Hubbel/Pablo Gonzales), Constanza Ruff (Understudy Flower Seller/Nurse/Singer) and Jabez Sykes (Young Collector).
When Blanche unexpectedly visits her estranged sister Stella, she brings with her a past that will threaten their future. As Stella’s husband Stanley stalks closer to the truth, Blanche’s fragile world begins to fracture. Reality and illusion collide, and a violent conflict changes their lives forever.
Almeida Associate Director Rebecca Frecknall, whose multi-award winning production of Cabaret earnt her the Olivier Award and Critic’s Circle Theatre Award for Best Director, returns to the West End with her “heart-stopping” (The Telegraph) revival of Tennessee Williams’ masterpiece A Streetcar Named Desire.
A Streetcar Named Desire’s creative team is as follows: Director: Rebecca Frecknall; Set Designer: Madeleine Girling; Costume Designer: Merle Hensel; Lighting Designer: Lee Curran; Sound Designer: Peter Rice: Composer: Angus MacRae and Casting Director: Julia Horan CDG.
A Streetcar Named Desire is produced by ATG Productions and Almeida Theatre, Gavin Kalin Productions, Wessex Grove, GGRS and LA Media Fund with Rupert Gavin/Mallory Factor, Francesca Moody Productions and Oliver Roth.
