Mika Eglinton

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof has turned out to be a box-office smash hit in the West End, but what does this reverse-race production bring to Tennessee Williams’ modern classic?

We’re clearly part of a recent interest and enthusiasm for installations, of being put in immersive environments.

Although the wordy speeches in The Female of the Species occasionally veer into intellectual spin and overcooked dramatic effects, the auditorium was generally alive with laughter.