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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

**** - The Guardian, The Independent, The Times, The Daily Telegraph, Sunday Express Daily Express, Evening Standard, Metro, Financial Times, Mail on Sunday, Time Out

"GREAT play. TERRIFIC cast" Metro

"Debbie Allen's fine production brings out Tennessee William's savage comedy as well as his emotional pain" The Guardian

"Compelling, sensitive and acerbically comic " The Independent

"The production hits home hard with some tremendous performances from the cast in this blackly comic drama of dysfunctional family life" The Daily Telegraph

"Emotional firepower and an awareness of the conflict between lies and truth are abundantly present in this exhilarating evening" The Guardian

"A powerful, at times fierce, indictment of family dysfunction, with its raging jealousies, bitterness and naked greed. This production shines with some great performances" Daily Express

"Packs a big emotional punch" Evening Standard

"Tennessee William's Cat On A Hot Tin Roof is a cauldron of secrets, self-deception and lies. This MARVELLOUS production"  Mail On Sunday 

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Show Description:

Following its sold-out run on Broadway, the explosive 2008 production of Tennessee Williams' Pulitzer Prize-winning classic CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF will open at the Novello Theatre in November. Featuring a dynamic all-black cast led by Academy Award nominee and two-time Tony Award winner James Earl Jones, Tony Award winner Phylicia Rashad, Olivier Award winner Adrian Lester and Tony Award nominee Sanaa Lathan. The production is directed by the renowned Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning director, actor and choreographer Debbie Allen, who is best known for playing Lydia Grant in the original film and television series of Fame. 

In CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF, a powerful Southern family gathers at a birthday celebration for patriarch Big Daddy, who does not know that he is dying of cancer. In a scramble to ensure their part of his estate, family members hide the truth about his diagnosis from him and Big Mama. Tensions mount between alcoholic former football hero Brick and his beautiful but sexually frustrated wife Maggie 'the Cat'. As their troubled relationship comes to a stormy and steamy climax, a shockwave of secrets is finally revealed.

This production contains scenes and strong language of an adult nature. Age recommendation is 12+.