Suddenly Last Summer
Tennessee Williams
The Ensemble Theatre - May 2023
“his staging of the climactic scene is pitch-perfect, ensuring it grips us to the last.”
Belinda Giblin as Mrs Venable
★★★★ “It’s a play that drips life” Sydney Morning Herald
★★★★ “sharp and poetic” Theatre Thoughts
★★★★ "Compact, precise and haunting” Cultural Binge
“Williams’s tale is entrancingly told here in a sparely elegant and well-acted production” Limelight
“dramatic tension through the piece proves deliciously satisfying.” Suzy Goes See
“one not to be missed” Sydney Arts Guide
"packed full of scandal and melodrama” Stage Whispers
“Captivatingly simple expression of SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER” Broadway World
“builds to a thrilling climax.” Megaphone Oz
"fascinating to watch.” Theatre Travels
“Precisely directed, tightly acted, creatively staged and tautly timed” Carol Wimmer
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ -Sydney Morning Herald
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - Stage Noise
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - Cultural Binge
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - Broadway World
Director Shaun Rennie
Assistant Director Emma Canalese
Cast
Valerie Bader
Andrea Demetriades
Belinda Giblin
Remy Hii
Socratis Otto
Kate Skinner
Understudies
Jamie Oxenbould
Grace Smibert
Set & Costume Designer Simone Romaniuk
Lighting Designer Morgan Moroney
Composer & Sound Designer Kelly Ryall
Dialect Coach Linda Nicholls-Gidley
Intimacy, Movement & Fight Director Nigel Poulton
“Thoughtfully directed by Shaun Rennie, the performances are compelling.”
“Director Shaun Rennie conveys with great efficacy, the intensity with which these characters have to succumb to the prospect of reputation ruin. There is no questioning the severity of stakes involved, and an unmistakable escalation of dramatic tension through the piece proves deliciously satisfying.”
“Rennie allows Tennessee Williams’ words to be the hero of the night as he presents a captivatingly simple expression of SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER at Ensemble Theatre. Gathering a strong cast for the short work, the intimate space of the Ensemble Theatre heightens the intensity of the thought-provoking piece that still holds a relevance 66 years after it was first written.”
Prod Pics By: Jaimi Joy