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“Cut that hideous story out of her brain...”
Savagely poetic and provocative, Tennessee Williams’ rarely revived Suddenly Last Summer is a nightmarish contemporary masterpiece.
This is Sebastian’s garden, a place where the line between truth and lies, sanity and insanity are blurred. Welcome to the eerie Garden District of New Orleans, filled with carnivorous fly traps, subversive secrets, and broken hearts. Sebastian, the only son of wealthy widow Violet Venable, has died while on vacation with his rebellious cousin Catharine. What the girl saw that day last summer was so horrifying that she is presumed insane and committed to an asylum in an attempt to protect the Venable name.
As time passes, however, Catharine’s ravings about Sebastian’s proclivities, and his end, become so transgressive that his mother calls on an aspirational young doctor who is desperate to fund pioneering new medical practices. The catch - he must find a way to silence Catherine for good.
Following last year’s five star, critically acclaimed production of Homestead, Conor Baum (Shakespeare’s Globe) returns to BOAT, and the American South, to present Williams’ thrilling examination of legacy, sanity, and sexuality - a potent, autobiographical, Southern gothic melodrama that will cut straight through the heart, intoxicate the senses and haunt the mind.
Praise for Homestead:
"Faultless" ★★★★★ Broadway Baby
"Scorching" ★★★★★ The Latest
"Outstanding show ... Unforgettable" FringeReview
"Unmissable" Plays International
Book Tickets
Guide Prices
| Ticket Type | Ticket Tariff |
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| Concession | £15.00 |
| Standard | £16.50 |
Note: Prices are a guide only and may change on a daily basis.
Book Tickets Online
Opening Times
| Suddenly Last Summer (27 Aug 2025) | ||
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| Wednesday | 19:00 | |
| Suddenly Last Summer (28 Aug 2025) | ||
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| Thursday | 19:00 | |
| Suddenly Last Summer (29 Aug 2025) | ||
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| Friday | 19:00 | |
| Suddenly Last Summer (30 Aug 2025) | ||
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| Saturday | 14:00 | |
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