Scottish Ballet brings A Streetcar Named Desire to Auckland Arts Festival

Scottish Ballet brings A Streetcar Named Desire to Auckland Arts Festival

Scottish Ballet’s hugely popular, award-winning production of A Streetcar Named Desire heads to Auckland as part of Te Ahurei Toi o Tāmaki Auckland Arts Festival 2025.

In steamy 1940s New Orleans, fading Southern belle Blanche DuBois moves into her sister Stella’s apartment. Stella’s brutish husband Stanley sees that Blanche is not what she appears to be, and sets out to destroy her.

This astonishing take on Tennessee Williams’ famous play is narrative ballet at its very best, with stunning dance, devastating drama, pitch-perfect period design and a sizzling score used to tell the iconic story. 

Scottish Ballet’s stylish production breathes new life into the classic tale, with graceful waltzes at the DuBois family home, electrifying lindy jives in a Louisiana nightclub, and intense duets in the caged heat of Stella and Stanley’s apartment.

Directed by Nancy Meckler and choreographed by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, with set and costume designs by Nicola Turner, and score by Peter Salem (The Crucible) performed live by members of the Auckland Philharmonia.

A Streetcar Named Desire is presented through special arrangement with the University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee.

*Please note this production includes depictions of suicide, addiction, homophobia, and domestic and sexual violence. For more information, please refer to the synopsis. Recommended 15+

The Scottish Ballet will be at Te Ahurei Toi o Tāmaki Auckland Arts Festival 20-23 March, 2025. Book Now.

A Streetcar Named Desire, Image credit Scottish Ballet