Spring Storm

Synopsis

'The curtain rises to reveal a high, windy bluff over the Mississippi River. It is called Lover’s Leap. On the verge are two old trees whose leafless branches have been grotesquely twisted by the winds. Heavenly enters. She has the natural and yet highly developed charm that is characteristic of girls of pure southern stock. Her nature is confusing to herself and to all who know her.' Heavenly has almost everything a young woman could desire - beauty, charm and a host of male admirers. And one Spring she is forced to decide between her handsome and wild lover, Dick, and the respectable and sensitive Arthur. Her actions will have consequences for both her debt ridden family and other young people in the town, as they are all caught up in a storm that threatens to tear their lives apart.

Latest User Review

rds - 12 June 2010:

Well, at last something wonderful at the NT and, refreshingly for me, an evening where I haven't felt compelled to walk out. And it's not an NT production either! This is what the NT ought to be doing all the time - there was a time when it did too. A sensational production by the Royal & Derngate, Northampton. The telephones of the actors' agents must be singing! It's nights like this that make me carry on going to the theatre. I read somewhere recently Mark Ravenhill prattling on about audiences needing to be coaxed into being more adventurous at the theatre and by comparison he mentioned Tate Modern and Tracy Emin's bed. Well forget all that claptrap - this evening I saw the art of theatre at its very best. Others here have mention some of the outstanding male cast members, but for the women Liz White is absolutely stunning as Heavenly and Jacqueline King turns in a sterling performance as her mother ably supported by Janice McKenzie as her rather more down to earth sister-in-law Birdie. Tennessee Williams isn't everyones cup of tea and in the wrong hands he can seem to go on a bit too, but with this cast and the superb direction of Laurie Sansom it's poetry. A fine play and an absolutely stunning production. ...

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