Sydney Theatre Company 2009

Sydney Theatre Company

Sydney, Australia
September-October 2009

Director: Liv Ullmann
Scenery: Ralph Myers
Costumes: Tess Shofield
Lighting: Nick Schlieper
Sound: Paul Charlier




But the real struggle here is between Blanche and Blanche, which means that nobody wins [...]
Yet there’s a see-sawing between strength and fragility in Blanche, and too often those who play her fall irrevocably onto one side or another [...] confines us to the Kowalskis’ apartment, with glimpses through windows of other lives

Ben Brantley, The New York  Times
http://theater.nytimes.com/2009/12/03/theater/reviews/03streetcar.html


Directed with a superb eye for detail and nuance by celebrated actress Liv Ullmann, this tautly paced staging benefits not only from Blanchett's mesmerizing performance, but also strongly etched portrayals by a finely tuned ensemble cast [...] Ralph Myers designed the starkly atmospheric set , a place where the sound of a passing streetcar or the sight of a curtain-rustling breeze is heavy with menace. Music is used to keen effect...Tim Smith, The Sun
http://infoweb.newsbank.com.ezproxy.shsu.edu/iw-search/we/InfoWeb?p_product=AWNB&p_theme=aggregated5&p_action=doc&p_docid=12BC62BF976E3EC8&p_docnum=2&p_queryname=1