Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Tickets

Benedict Andrews directs a West End revival of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at the Apollo Theatre starring Sienna Miller and Jack O'Connell.

Tennessee Williams' 1955 play Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is one of the America dramatist's most well-known and popular plays, having been revived numerous times on Broadway and in London's West End. Originally opening on Broadway at the Morosco Theater on 24 March 1955 in a production that starred Barbara Bel Geddes, Ben Gazzara and Burl Ives, the play went on to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1955.

Adapted into a film in 1958 the play had its London premiere in the same year, opening at the Comedy Theatre (now Harold Pinter) in a production directed by Peter Hall which starred Kim Stanley, Paul Massie and Leo McKern. Williams adapted the text for a revival in 1974 at the request of director Elia Kazan, introducing an alternative third and final ending.

A revival ran in London's West End in 2001 directed by Anthony Page at The Lyric Theatre starring Brendan Fraser and Frances O'Connor. Praised by the press it was described by The Sunday Times as one of the "most thrilling and distinguished accounts of a modern classic the West End has seen in years".

In 2008 an all-African-American production was mounted on Broadway directed by Debbie Allen starring Terrence Howard in his Broadway debut alongside James Earl Jones and Phylicia Rashad. The production transferred to London's West End where it ran at the Novello Theatre in November 2009 starring Adrian Lester as Brick and Sanaa Lathan as Maggie with James Earl Jones reprising his role as Big Daddy. The production went on to win the Olivier Award for Best Revival of a Play.

The last Broadway revival opened in 2013 featuring Ciaran Hinds as Big Daddy alongside Debra Monk, Benjamin Walker and Scarlett Johansson as Maggie.