Critically acclaimed and now boasting an Oscar nominee, the Almeida’s Tennessee Williams manufacturing will transfer to the Phoenix theatre in spring
The Almeida theatre’s bought out manufacturing of A Streetcar Named Want, starring Oscar nominee Paul Mescal, is to switch to London’s West Finish. It'll run for six weeks on the Phoenix theatre from 20 March.
Mescal, who has been nominated for an Oscar for greatest actor for his efficiency in Aftersun, performs Stanley Kowalski within the revival of Tennessee Williams’ 1947 play set in New Orleans. Additionally reprising their roles might be Anjana Vasan (as Stanley’s spouse, Stella), Patsy Ferran (as Blanche DuBois) and Dwane Walcott (as Mitch).
The play’s first week of performances on the Almeida in December had been cancelled when the injured Lydia Wilson withdrew from the function of Blanche. Its press night time was additionally delayed and it opened to important acclaim this month.
The manufacturing is directed by Rebecca Frecknall, whose revival of Cabaret has run for greater than a yr at London’s Playhouse theatre, the place Aimee Lou Wooden (Intercourse Training) and John McCrea (Everyone’s Speaking About Jamie) will take over the roles of Sally Bowles and the Emcee subsequent month.
Mescal hailed Streetcar’s “formidable forged and artistic crew, led by the exceptionally proficient Rebecca Frecknall” and known as it his favorite play, including: “It’s fantastic to have the ability to share it with a wider viewers.” Frecknall stated the switch was “testomony to this improbable firm and unimaginable play”.
The Almeida’s manufacturing of Patriots, Peter Morgan’s play about Russian oligarchs starring Tom Hollander as businessman Boris Berezovsky, transfers to the Noël Coward theatre within the West Finish in Might.
Tickets for A Streetcar Named Want within the West Finish go on sale on 1 February.
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