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Media Release January 2013 Belvoir presents Cat on a Hot Tin Roof By Tennessee Williams Director Simon Stone Set Designer Robert Cousins Costume Designer Alice Babidge Lighting Designer Damien Cooper Composer & Sound Designer Stefan Gregory With Lynette Curran Gareth Davies Alan Dukes Ewen Leslie Rebecca Massey Jacqueline McKenzie Anthony Phelan Justin Smith Belvoir St Theatre | Upstairs 16 February – 7 April Click here to download high resolution images But how in hell on earth do you imagine that you’re going to have a child by a man that can’t stand you? One era is ending, how does the next begin? It’s a portrait of two generations. One doesn’t want to die, and the other one feels crowded out, confused, and desperate to inherit whatever it can get before it’s too late. Big Daddy (Anthony Phelan) is a magnate. His son Brick (Ewen Leslie) is a closeted ex-footballer with a drinking problem. Brick’s wife Maggie (Jacqueline McKenzie) is a second-rung society girl measuring her success against all the other families and the number of babies they have. Big Daddy is dying and somehow or other Maggie and Brick have to conceive the next generation… Tennessee Williams is one of the giants of modern drama. ‘Like Death of a Salesman this is a mid -twentieth century classic that can stand on its own - without the trappings and spectacle of naturalistic staging - just by being spoken,’ explains director Simon Stone. ‘It is part of an ongoing project of bringing mid-twentieth century classics to the level of Shakespeare - where they can just be put on a stage; they don't need the trappings of obsessive original detail. But unlike Salesman the backdrop of this great drama is comedy, sex and booze. It'll be riotous fun. ‘Jacquie, Ewen, Tony and the rest of the cast are such extraordinary actors that they would be able to make a hack's words brilliant, and this is far from that. It's going to be an amazing night in the theatre.’ The rest of this extraordinary cast includes Lynette Curran (Gates of Egypt), Gareth Davies (Peter Pan, As You Like It), Alan Dukes (True West, Sydney Theatre Company), Rebecca Massey (The Book of Everything, Exit the King) and Justin Smith (The Threepenny Opera). For media information contact publicist Elly Michelle Clough [email protected] | 02 8396 6242 | 0407 163 921 Media Release January 2013 Notes for Editors Season information Dates 16 February- 7 April 2013 Previews Saturday 16 & Sunday 17 February 2013 Opening night Wednesday 20 February 2013 Audio-described Performance 2pm Saturday 23 March 2013 Wednesday Matinee 2pm 27 March 2013 Captioned Performance 2pm Saturday 30 March 2013 Sunday Forum 3pm 24 March 2013 Unwaged Performance Thursday 4 April 2013 Times Tuesday 6.30pm | Wednesday to Friday 8pm | Saturday 2pm & 8pm | Sunday 5pm Tickets Full $65 | Seniors/Industry/Group $55 | Concession $45 Venue Belvoir St Theatre | 25 Belvoir St, Surry Hills Bookings 02 9699 3444 or belvoir.com.au .

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