Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
These family celebrations don’t tend to represent fun times galore, but this classic Pulitzer Prize winning play by Tennessee Williams certainly makes for quality theatre.
Overview
Meeoooooow. It’s a hot old time in the Deep South. The Pollitt family are gathering together and the claws are coming out!
It’s Big Daddy’s birthday (yes, really, Big Daddy is what they call him) and the whole family has descended on their cotton plantation to celebrate. These family celebrations don’t tend to represent fun times galore, but this classic Pulitzer Prize winning play by Tennessee Williams certainly makes for quality theatre.
Both of Big Daddy’s kids are there, with their families in tow, and the kids all know that Big Daddy is dying, but poor old Big Daddy hasn’t caught on. Unfortunately none of them are there to pay respects or make amends and instead they are vying for the family fortune, attempting to be the chosen child before Big Daddy carks it.
This production is a collaboration between Queensland Theatre Company and Perth’s Black Swan State Theatre Company, and is certain to draw cool cats in with its timeless tale of family rivalry in the Deep South, and the presence of a character called Big Daddy. Sounds like a purrfect night out...!
