Sell-out Almeida production of A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE to return to West End

Photo credit: Marc Brenner

It has been announced that Paul Mescal (Gladiator II, Normal People), Patsy Ferran (Summer & Smoke) and Anjana Vasan (We Are Lady Parts) with Dwane Walcott (One Night in Miami, Our Girl) will reprise their roles in the return of the Almeida Theatre’s sell-out production of A Streetcar Named Desire, which will play at the Noel Coward Theatre from 3-22 February 2025.

Directed by Rebecca Frecknall, the production will then transfer to Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) for its US premiere from 28 February – 6 April 2025.

The production previously ran at the Almeida theatre from December 2022 to February 2023, before going on to have continued success at the Phoenix Theatre later that year. The casts won multiple awards for their roles in the production, including Paul Mescal taking home the Olivier Award for Best Actor, and Anjana Vasan for Best Supporting Actress, while Patsy Ferran won a Best Actress Critic’s Circle Award.

The principal cast will be joined by Eduardo Ackerman as Pablo Gonzales, Rob Dempsey as Understudy Drummer/Doctor, Janet Etuk as Eunice Hubbel, Alexander Eliot as Steve Hubbel/Understudy Stanley Kowalski/Harold "Mitch" Mitchell, Gabriela Garcia as Flower Seller/Nurse/Singer/Understudy Stella Kowalski, Francesca Knight as Understudy Blanche Dubois/Eunice Hubbel, Tom Penn as Doctor/Drummer, Curtis Patrick as Understudy Young Collector/Steve Hubbel/Pablo Gonzales, Constanza Ruff as Understudy Flower Seller/Nurse/Singer, and Jabez Sykes as Young Collector.

“How pretty the sky is! I ought to go there on a rocket that never comes down.”

On a street in New Orleans, in the blistering summer heat, a sister spirals.

When Blanche unexpectedly visits her estranged sister Stella, she brings with her a past that will threaten their future. As Stella’s husband Stanley stalks closer to the truth, Blanche's fragile world begins to fracture. Reality and illusion collide, and a violent conflict changes their lives forever.

A Streetcar Named Desire’s creative team also includes set designer Madeleine Girling, costume designer Merle Hensel, lighting designer Lee Curran, sound designer Peter Rice, composer Angus MacRae, and casting director Julia Horan CDG.

Tickets go on general sale for A Streetcar Named Desire on Friday (15 November) at 10am here.