A Streetcar Named Desire in Auckland

Tennessee Williams. Blanche DuBois. Stella and Stanley Kowalski. You may know their names, but you won’t truly know Streetcar until you’ve seen it as a ballet.

Injecting dance and live music into the beating heart of this iconic play, Scottish Ballet has come up with something special — a vital, achingly intense tribute to the eternally misunderstood Blanche, who struggles to live her personal truth amid family turmoil in 1940s New Orleans. So moved were we by the depth of feeling and storytelling, that we just had to bring this exceptional production and dance company to Aotearoa.

Scottish Ballet is Scotland’s national dance company and has been based in Glasgow since 1969. A Streetcar Named Desire has toured the UK and internationally, and for AAF, it will be the production and company’s first time in Australasia. This adaptation of Tennessee Williams’ play is a contemporary narrative ballet. In place of dialogue, dance and music tell the story. Principal dancers play the main characters and alongside soloists, perform over two acts. The original score is performed live by the Auckland Philharmonia.