Cat on A Hot Tin Roof at the Apollo Theatre

The Young Vic's West End production of Cat On A Hot Tin Roof starring Sienna Miller and Jack O'Connell will be broadcast in cinemas in 2018. The highly praised production will collaborate with NT Live, the National Theatre's ground-breaking project to broadcast plays live from the stage to cinemas in the UK and internationally. Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, which concludes its run at the Apollo Theatre on 7 October 2017 will be broadcast in cinemas on 22 February 2018. Tickets will be released for sale on Monday 25 September 2017. Tennessee Williams’ Pulitzer Prize-winning drama is a searing, poetic story of a family’s fight for survival. The truth hurts. On a steamy night in Mississippi, a Southern family gather at their cotton plantation to celebrate Big Daddy’s birthday. The scorching heat is almost as oppressive as the lies they tell. Brick and Maggie dance round the secrets and sexual tensions that threaten to destroy their marriage. With the future of the family at stake, which version of the truth is real – and which will win out? Buy tickets to Cat On A Hot Tin Roof at the Apollo Theatre Sienna Miller and Jack O'Connell lead the cast as Maggie and Brick, alongside Colm Meaney (Big Daddy), Lisa Palfrey (Big Mama), Hayley Squires (Mae), Brian Gleeson (Gooper), Richard Hansel (Doctor) and Michael J. Shannon (Reverend). Directed by Benedict Andrews, set designs are by Magda Willi with costumes by Alice Babidge, lighting by Jon Clark, music by Jed Kurzel and sound design by Gareth Fry. Cat On A Hot Tin Roof is broadcast to cinemas on 22 February 2018- click for full listing.

A reviews round-up for Cat On A Hot Tin Roof at the Apollo Theatre. Benedict Andrews eagerly awaited production of Cat On A Hot Tin Roof starring Sienna Miller, Jack O'Connell and Colm Meaney has opened at the Apollo Theatre. Following his boldly devised and thrillingly performed A Streetcar Named Desire, the Australian director returns to Tennessee Williams and the Young Vic - with the first Young Vic production to premiere in the West End. Predominately screen actors, Sienna Miller & Jack O'Connell's performances divide the critics. The Telegraph accords Sienna's 'Margaret as a hideously plausible portrait of a woman putting on a brave face'; 'sizzling and fireworks' (The Times); 'commanding performance' (Independent) with the New York Times finding 'Miller at last has a stage role she was born for, and she owns it unconditionally'. On the flip side the Stage felt it was 'a strained performance' with Variety saying 'she's 'no match for him [Brick] as Maggie the Cat..She’s simply not a strong enough actress'. Michael Billington, The Guardian thinks 'the only real revelation comes from O’Connell’s Brick', with Variety saying O'Connell gives as 'unflinching portrayal'. For Andrzej Lukowski, TimeOut O'Connell 'doesn’t really have the oomph to make sitting around being silently anguished look as compelling as it might'. There are few things the critics can agree on: O'Connell's accent is a bit wonky, and there is a great supporting casting in the guise of Colm Meaney's Big Daddy, Lisa Palfrey and Hayley Squires. Buy tickets for Cat On A Hot Tin Roof Cat on A Hot Tin Roof runs until 7 October 2017 at the Apollo Theatre.

Production images of Sienna Miller, Jack O'Connell and the West End cast of Cat On A Hot Tin roof have been released ahead of its opening at the Apollo Theatre next week. The steamy new production from the Young Vic is directed by Benedict Andrew's, who directed Gillian Anderson in the Young Vic production of A Street Car Named Desire last year. The cast includes Colm Meaney as Big Daddy, Lisa Palfrey as Big Mama, Hayley Squires as Mae,Brian Gleeson as Gooper, Richard Hansel as Doctor and Michael J Shannon as Reverend. Sienna Miller and Jack O'Connell play husband and wife Maggie and Brick. Buy tickets for Cat On A Hot Tin Roof Cat on A Hot Tin Roof runs until 7 October 2017 at the Apollo Theatre.

The Young Vic announces 2017/2018 new season including the UK premiere of Tony award-winning musical Fun Home. Highlights from the 2017/2018 season include: the UK premiere of Tony award-winning musical Fun Home the world premiere of 2 plays, The Jungle and The Inheritance a revival of Tarell Alvin McCraney's The Brothers Size. Sienna Miller and Jack O’Connell in Cat on A Hot Tin Roof Sienna Miller and Jack O'Connell will  lead the cast in Tennessee Williams’ Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, directed by Benedict Andrews. The production will open at the Apollo Theatre in the West End in July. Josette Bushell-Mingo mixes story and song as she connects her own life with the great singer; Nina - a story about me and Nina Simone will run from 19-29 July in the Maria Theatre. Billy Piper revives her award winning performance in Yerma, a woman driven to the unthinkable by her desperate desire to have a child. Yerma runs from 26 July 2017 until 31 August 2017 in Main House. Juliet Stevenson and director Natalie Abrahami reunite for a revival of Arthur Kopit’s Wings; a powerful drama about a female aviator struggling to find her voice after a stroke. Wings plays from 14 September 2017 until 4 november 2017 in the Main House. Josh Roche will direct My Name is Rachel Corrie -  a searing play adapted from the diaries of American peace activist killed in Israel in 2003. The show will run from 29 September until 29  October in the Clare Theatre. Ramin Gray and David Grieg’s acclaimed production of The Suppliant Women will run from 13 November 2017 until 25 November 2017 in the Main House.  Written 2,500 years ago, one of the worlds oldest plays continues to speak to us with startling resonance. Genesis Award winner Nancy Medina directs Yellowman - a powerful story about the legacy of Southern black poverty and the impact of skin tone on simmering racial tension. Yellowman runs from 22 November until 2 December 2017 in the Clare Theatre. The world premiere of The Jungle by Joe Murphy and Joe Robertson, is a thought provoking new play about loss, fear, commuity and the impacts of do-gooders in a crisis. Set in the squalid refugee  camp in Calaie the production is directed by Stephen Daldry and Justin Martin.  The Jungle runs from 7 December 2017 – 6 January 2018 in the Main House. A revival of The Brothers Size, the award-winning debut play by Oscar-winning writer of Moonlight Tarell Alvin McCraney will run from 19 January 2018 until 14 February 2018 in the Main House. The world premiere of Matthew Lopez's The Inheritance will run from 2 March 2018 until 5 May 2018 in the Main House. The play in two parts is a panoramic view of gay life in New York City today, a generation after the AIDS crisis. Jeanine Tesori and Lisa Kron’s Tony award winning musical Fun Home will run from 18 June 2018 until 1 September 2018 in the Main House. The musical adaptation of Alison Bechdel’s graphic novel about growing up gay in a close complicated family is widely considered ground-breaking.

First look at rehearsal images of Cat On A Hot Tin Roof starring Sienna Miller and Jack O'Connell. As the mercury rises in London, what better time to release the first glimpse of Sienna Miller and Jack O'Connell rehearsing Benedict Andrews steamy production of Cat On A Hot Tin Roof. Miller and O'Connell play husband and wife.  She's a southern wild cat and he a handsome, former all-American football player unable to satisfy his wife's needs. As the family fights for survival these two dance around the lies and sexual tension that threatens to destroy their marriage. Buy tickets for Cat On A Hot Tin Roof Cat on A Hot Tin Roof will run from 13 July 2017 until 7 October 2017 at the Apollo Theatre.

Benedict Andrew's Young Vic production of Cat On A Hot Tin Roof has announced further casting. Joining Sienna Miller and Jack O'Connell in the West End production this July will be Lisa Palfry (Pride, Line of Duty) as Big Mamma, Hayley Squires (Call The Midwife) as Mae, Brian Gleeson (RTÉ series Rebellion, Quirke and Stonemouth) as Glooper, Richard Hansel (Lazarus, A View From the Bridge) as Doctor and Michael J Shannon (Boston Legal and Brothers & Sisters) as Doctor.  As previously announced Colm Meaney will play Big Daddy. Final casting will be announced at a later date. Tennessee Williams’ Pulitzer Prize-winning drama, set in America's deep south, is a searing, poetic story of a family’s fight for survival. Buy tickets for Cat On A Hot Tin Roof The limited West End run begins previews on 13 July 2017 and will run until 7 October 2017 at the Apollo Theatre.

Colm Meaney will join Sienna Miller and Jack O’Connell in the Young Vic production of Cat On A Hot Tin Roof. Meaney will play family patriarch 'Big Daddy' in Tennessee Williams’ intense Pulitzer Prize-winning drama set in the deep South at the turn of the Twentieth Century. Miller and O'Connell play husband and wife, trying to hide the secrets and sexual tensions that threaten to destroy their marriage. Meaney is best known for his long-running role as ‘Chief Miles O'Brien’ in the hit series Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. He was last on stage in London in Moon for the Misbegooten at the Old Vic with Kevin Spacey, which subsequently transferred to Broadway. Meaney's extensive theatre credits include Breaking the Code, The Cider House Rules and Juno and the Paycock. Click here to book tickets Directed by Benedict Andrews (A Street Car Named Desire), Cat on A Hot Tin Roof will be the first Young Vic production to debut in the West End. Cat on A Hot Tin Roof will run from 13 July 2017 until 7 October 2017 at the Apollo Theatre.

Sienna Miller is to star in a new production of Tennessee Williams’ Cat On A Hot Tin Roof. Considered a twentieth century masterpiece, Tennessee Williams’ searing drama is about one Southern family’s fight for survival. Miller will play Maggie, the Southern wildcat married to Brick: a handsome, former all-American football player who is unable to satisfy his wife's needs. Miller was last on stage playing Sally Bowles in the Broadway run of Cabaret at Studio 54, her previous West End credits include Flare Path (Theatre Royal Haymarket) and As You Like It (Wyndham's Theatre). Jack O'Connell will play Brick. Some may remember him from the E4 teen series Skins where he played hard living James Cook alongside Dev Patel and Nicholas Hoult. More recently he starred in Angelina Jolie's film Unbroken and co-starred alongside George Clooney and Julia Roberts in Money Monster. His theatre credits include Nap at Sheffield Crucible Theatre, Scarborough for the Royal Court and The Spiderman, The Musicians and Just for NT Shell Connections. Click here to book tickets Set on a steamy night in Mississippi. As the family gather at their cotton plantation to celebrate Big Daddy's birthday, the various factions position themselves, waiting for Big Daddy to die. All the while Brick and Maggie dance round the secrets and sexual tensions that threaten to destroy their marriage. Benedict Andrews, who most recently directed Gillian Anderson in the Young Vic production of A Streetcar Named Desire will direct. Cat on A Hot Tin Roof will run from 13 July 2017 until 7 October 2017 at the Apollo Theatre.