A Streetcar Named Desire, Tennessee Williams’ Pulitzer Prize-winning play, opens at Artscape on Friday 4 February at 19:30. This performance will also be a fundraising event for the Sustaining Theatre and Dance (STAND Foundation) which came into being to support the dance and theatre sector through the pandemic and beyond.
The number of attendees to this gala event is still limited to 150 due to COVID-19 regulations, and ticket prices are set accordingly at R350 each with R200 going to the production company (much needed after nearly two years of not being able to earn a living), and R150 per ticket supports STAND Foundation. Booking details – see below.
The opening night ticket price includes a glass of wine (or another beverage) before the show.
Fiona Ramsay, one of South Africa’s most celebrated actors, stars in the show, and attendees at the opening are invited to have dinner with her on Sunday 6 February at 19:00. (The restaurant will be decided upon once we have confirmation of numbers). See below for booking details.
About A Streetcar Named Desire
Through their production company and for the past decade, Fred Abrahamse and Marcel Meyer have annually presented a series of award-winning productions of Tennessee Williams plays in the Mother City and the United States, starting with Kingdom of Earth in 2012, continuing with The Milk Train Doesn’t Stop Here Anymore [2013], One Arm [2014], The Day on Which A Man Dies [2015], The Hotel Plays [2016], Two by Tenn [2017], Sweet Bird of Youth [2018], In the Bar of a Tokyo Hotel, The Night of the Iguana and The Glass Menagerie in 2019 and concluding with Tennessee Williams: The Blue Piano/The Blue Guitar [2021] as their most recent offering. These productions have collectively won four of the fourteen Fleur du Cap Awards they have been nominated for.
In celebration of their ten-year exploration of Tennessee Williams’ work and in honour of his greatest play’s 75th anniversary, Abrahamse & Meyer have selected A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE as the centrepiece of their 2021/22 Summer season. Following the run at Artscape this production is set to tour to the USA.
The collaboration between STAND Foundation and Abrahamse and Meyer Productions represents the kind of cooperation advocated by STAND with the theatre and dance sector taking care of itself. Funds generated by such partnerships will help STAND Foundation initiate and pursue its various projects in support of the sector and those who make their livelihoods within it. These fundraising initiatives are also intended to support the advocacy work of the Theatre and Dance Alliance (TADA) and the South African Dance Alliance (SADA) on behalf of their respective stakeholders.
The production of A Streetcar Named Desire at Artscape will be an exceptional experience when multi-award-winning actress and doyenne of the South African stage, Fiona Ramsay takes on the iconic part of Blanche du Bois in Tennessee Williams’ Pulitzer Prize-winning play.
Miss Ramsay is no stranger to the Williams oeuvre having recently picked up a Fleur-du-Cap nomination for her sensational portrayal of Princess Kosmonopolis in Williams’ SWEET BIRD OF YOUTH [2018] and winning the 2020 Best Actress award for her interpretation of Amanda Wingfield in Williams’ THE GLASS MENAGERIE. She now adds Williams’ greatest female character, Blanche du Bois to this distinguished list.
Joining Miss Ramsay in the cast are Marcel Meyer [as Stanley Kowalski], Melissa Haiden [as Stella] and Matthew Baldwin as Mitch.
Award-winning Fred Abrahamse directs and designs the set, with Faheem Bardien [Lighting Design], Charl-Johan Lingenfelder [original score] and Marcel Meyer [costume design] making up the remainder of the creative team.
WHAT: A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams
WHERE: Artscape Theatre Centre, D F Malan Street, Cape Town 8001
WHEN: 2 – 12 Feb 2022. Opening night 4 Feb. Opening Night: Tickets may be purchased HERE To book for the dinner (STAND pays for the guest, and guests pay for their own meals), or E candice@standfoundation.org.za
TICKETS: Bookings via Computicket INFO:
