Clwyd Theatr Cymru, Desmond Barrit

Oh, you weak, beautiful people who give up with such grace. What you need is someone to take hold of you – gently, with love, and hand your life back to you.

In a plantation-owner’s mansion on an airless Mississippi night, faded golden boy Brick and his beautiful but frustrated wife Maggie have gathered with the rest of the family to celebrate Big Daddy’s 65th birthday.

As the grandchildren sing and the alcohol flows, deep currents of desire and deceit pull the evening inexorably towards disaster.