Summer And Smoke

Patsy Ferran's eyebrows make this unmissable all by themselves

Patsy Ferran gives an astonishing performance as the Almeida’s Tennessee Williams revival hits the West End

A visionary production and likely to be a career-changing one for its director and stars. Go and wallow in it

Rebecca Frecknall’s emotionally rich production of Tennessee Williams’ previously unloved play loses very little of the intimacy or delicacy in its transfer to the West End

Patsy Ferran proves she is one of Britain’s most exciting actors in a major and wrongly neglected work by the great playwright.

Ferran's memorable performance is one that demonstrates she is going from strength to strength on stage and is showing no sign of slowing down.

This rarely staged play will surely now be the talk of the West End for some time to come

Tennessee Williams played with heartbreaking clarity

This is a wise, richly characterised, but gently plotted play that needs careful handling — and ends up as something scintillating