A Streetcar Named Occupational Health & Safety Disaster
Last night my delightfully highbrow friend Jess went to the theatre to watch the STC production of A Street Car Named Desire. Not too long into the performance, she updated her Twitter account saying “STC streetcar stops, evacuation” and posted a photo of a confused looking audience. I was gripped.
Later, she posted “Joel Edgerton was lying in the bath soaking wet post-fight when loudspeaker said: ’stop. Joel get off the stage.’” Now that, folks, is a perfect example of the theatre delivering the dramatic goods!
This morning it was revealed that actress Cate Blanchett was injured on stage and that’s why the show was unable to continue.
Cate Blanchett was left bleeding from the head last night when a fight scene in a preview performance of the Sydney Theatre Company’s flagship production of A Streetcar Named Desire went badly wrong. The Oscar-winning actress was struck with a prop, forcing the abrupt cancellation of the show.
Blanchett, who is playing sexual predator Blanche DuBois, was performing a scene with Joel Edgerton, who plays Stanley Kowalski, a part immortalised by Marlon Brando.
A witness, who was at last night’s performance at the Sydney Theatre in Walsh Bay, said Edgerton accidentally hit Blanchett in the head with a ’60s-style radio. The impact could be heard in the audience and the actress and STC co-artistic director fell down on all fours. Several people said they could see blood streaming down the back of Blanchett’s head. She went off stage to fetch clothes for Stanley’s wife, Stella (Robin McLeavy), and used some of them to try to staunch the flow of blood.
”He [Edgerton] was supposed to throw it [the radio] out the window, but it sort of slipped and hit her in the head … she was so good, she just went straight on,” said the witness who declined to give her name.
The show continued for about a minute until Blanchett was required to climb some stairs. At this point she realised she was hurt and left the stage.
I wish the radio had been broadcasting The Kyle and Jackie O Show so the nation could once again turn against them for injuring Our Cate. JUST KIDDING, DON’T CRY KYLE!
Last night a spokesman for the STC said: ”Cate’s fine. I’ve just spoken to her and she’s fine.”
She was confident tonight’s show would go on.
As it must, Cate! As it must!
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Meheheheh. RT @kollektor: I wonder if Cate Blanchett likes Radiohead.
pfft. Why don’t west aussies ever get to see this stuff? That’s right, ‘cos ‘big name’ thesps are too lazy/prejudiced to grace a Western Australian stage. We should just succ . . um sexxe . . um, break away from the nation.
Didn’t you try that already? Anyway, you lot have The Sleepy Jackson, Little Birdy et al. AND THE FUCKING SUN GOES DOWN IN THE OCEAN!!
But Hirsty, THAT MEANS WE HAVE TO WITNESS THE HORRIBLE SIGHT OF THE SUN DYING IN A PATHETIC FIZZLE AS IT’S ENGILFED BY THE OCEAN! So sad, so sad.
And yes, we did try to secede but the continental plate was too strong for our dynamite teams and we remain connected to you incorrigible ‘Easternites’.
Also, we have John Butler so it’s not all icecream, sunshine & Steele siblings.
What she should do the next time:
“You’re a fella”
“Stanley, stop or I’ll tell Stella”
“Can’t I just have one embrace?”
“I’ll twist this bottle IN YOUR FACE!!!!!!!!!!!”