A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE | Sheffield Crucible Theatre
Written by Tennessee Williams
REVIEWS
★★★★ ‘Impressively intense staging … Josh Seymour’s production wisely eschews gimmicks, and instead focuses on the story’ THE STAGE
★★★★ ‘Josh Seymour’s intense production for Sheffield Crucible, while preserving the drama in the exchanges between characters, adds an increasingly potent expressionistic ingredient’ WHATSONSTAGE
★★★★★ ‘A striking piece of theatre’ NORTHERN ARTS REVIEW
★★★★★ ‘A powerful and wonderful production’ THEATRE & TONIC
★★★★★ ‘Cold, heartbreaking and tragic in all the best ways… a must-see’ SHEFFIELD MAGAZINE
★★★★★ ‘Flawless … Josh Seymour has directed an incredibly faithful and loving retelling … never has the audience anything less than completely gripped and enthralled’ THEATRE NEWS
★★★★★ ‘Tantalising and devastating … innovative and dynamic staging … I was simultaneously completely drawn in and blown away’ NORTHERN SOUL
★★★★★ ‘Beguiling, balanced and brutal; Josh Seymour’s production consumes the audience in the battle between Blanche and Stanley, and between realism and magic … Seymour’s interpretive decision offers an astounding and haunting quality to the production’ FORGE PRESS
★★★★★ ‘Brilliant … Brings the sweltering heat and male dominance of the Deep South into sharp relief’ FAIRY POWERED PRODUCTIONS
★★★★ ‘Wonderful … not a show to be missed’ WEST END BEST FRIEND
★★★★ ‘Enthralling … fresh and relevant’ PLAYS TO SEE
★★★★ ‘A visually stunning and emotionally raw experience’ ADVENTURES IN THEATRELAND
★★★★ ‘Beautifully directed … unable to peel my eyes away’ WHAT’S GOOD TO DO
’A luminous new production … has an ethereal air’ THE STAR, SHEFFIELD
’Powerful, relevant and a joy to watch’ VIBE MAGAZINE
’Taut, intense revival … as searingly powerful and poignant today’ ON: YORKSHIRE MAGAZINE
’Impressive’ BRITISH THEATRE GUIDE