A Streetcar Named Desire

 

 

80 years ago, a play hit Broadway like a freight train, and theatre was never the same again.
In 2025, Butterfly Theatre brought it to a small brewery in Port Adelaide, proving that even a play burdened by expectation and familiarity can be stripped back and made to feel as fresh and dangerous as it did 80 years ago.

The ghosts of the film loom large: jazz, shouting, women fanning themselves and Marlon Brando mumbling his way through wounded masculinity. Butterfly Theatre and director Matthew Chapman took a deep breath and jettisoned the baggage, returning the story to its beating heart: the relationship between two sisters.

The streetcar itself is key: fast, unapologetic and dangerous if crossed. Everyone is moving somewhere – towards something, away from something, or often, both at once.

 

SPECIAL MATINEE WEDNESDAY 7 APRIL - School groups encouraged to apply
 

TICKETS

Full Price: $30
Concession: $26

Terms
All Government-issued Concession cards accepted.
Companion Cards accepted - please email theatreguild@adelaide.edu.au to arrange.
School group bookings welcome and $15 for high school students. Please email theatreguild@adelaide.edu.au to arrange invoicing.

PERFORMANCESThursday 1 April @ 7:30pm
Friday 2 April @ 7:30pm
Saturday 3 April @ 3pm
Sunday 4 April @ 3pm
Wednesday 7 April @ 11am MATINEE
Thursday 8 April @ 7:30pm
Friday 9 April @ 7:30pm
Saturday 10 April @ 3pm
Sunday 11 April @ 3pm
 

Little Theatre
The Cloisters, Victoria Drive
Adelaide University

Contact Details

theatreguild@adelaide.edu.au