Tennessee Williams
The Glass Menagerie
★★★★☆ Reflective
There is intelligence, theatrical knowhow and surprising humour in The Glass Menagerie, at the Lyceum for one week only. The Dundee Rep production (in association with the Citizens and the Lyceum) is utterly convincing and wonderfully acted.
Suddenly Last Summer
★★★☆☆ Well acted
Edinburgh Graduate Theatre Group’s Suddenly Last Summer upstairs at the Roxy has excellent performances, but some less than ideal staging.
A Streetcar Named Desire
★★★★☆ Taut
Originally staged at Pitlochry Festival Theatre in their 2023 summer season, this multi-layered production of A Streetcar Names Desire sets alight this classic tale of love, lust and betrayal set in a sultry New Orleans.
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
★★★☆☆ Solid:
Leitheatre give a meaty and satisfyingly verbal account of Tennessee Williams’ great drama, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, at the Studio of the Festival Theatre, running through to Saturday.
A Streetcar Named Desire
★★☆☆☆ Underwhelming:
Worthy but earthbound, Rapture Theatre’s touring production of A Streetcar Named Desire at the King’s never really convinces.
The Glass Menagerie
✭✭✭✭✩ Sultry:
There is a taut emotional quality to Tennessee Williams’s The Glass Menagerie at the King’s theatre for a two week season as part of the Edinburgh International Festival.
SCDA One Acts
★★★★☆ Varied:
By turns surreal, impeccably directed and heartbreaking, the first three finalists of the SCDA’s One-Act Festival finals ensured that the opening night lived up to its billing.
Double Bill
“✭✭✭✭✩ Character-driven”
Young critics scheme review:
Theatre Alba present a double bill at Duddingston Kirk Manse of Chekhov’s Smoking is Bad for You and Tennessee Williams’ Something Unspoken.
A Streetcar Named Desire
★★★★★ Perfect balance:
It is with elegant sophistication that A Streetcar Named Desire sweeps onto the stage at the Festival Theatre this week.
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