Cat On A Hot Tin Roof – Royal Exchange Theatre
Director Roy Alexander Weise brings his bold and original vision of Tennessee Williams' 1955 Pulitzer Prize winning play to the demanding environment of the spaceship stage of the Royal Exchange, resulting in a production that sheds new light on the superb writing, packing race, misogyny and sexuality into the steamy Mississippi brew.
Considering it is widely regarded as Williams' defining work, 'Cat' has had surprisingly few appearances over the last twenty years, with some of his other writings gaining more exposure and subsequent critical praise. The fact he penned the play in the repressive Conservative atmosphere of 1950's America meant exploring the latent homosexuality of the central character Brick (Bayo Gbadamosi) - and the effect it has on his relationship with his spirited wi...
