Cate + "Streetcar" = a lightning trip up to Sydney last weekend to catch a matinee performance. Cass and I first looked into this a while back, but tickets were already all gone; we had better luck when a new round was released, and Sunny arranged to see the same performance along with a currently Sydney-based friend of his, one Louise. (M also came up, but didn't see the play.)
So it was worth the trip - an extremely solid production highlighted by Blanchett's performance and the strength of those around her, and without any particular weaknesses. I would have liked it more if it had been more drenched in atmosphere, more melodramatic, rather than being rendered (as it in fact was) in relatively understated, naturalistic hues - I didn't feel it quite got to the heart of the play, but even so, as a merely very good staging of what may well be a great play, it was very enjoyable.
