The Guardian is teaming up with the West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds for a series of articles, video, events and reader reviews of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Join the conversation – and help us reinvent theatre criticism
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof: we couldn't have done it without you
Andrew Dickson
Andrew Dickson: The media are often accused of using a megaphone – we wanted our coverage to be a conversation. Thanks to your participation, that's exactly what happened
Alfred Hickling: Critics rarely see the two most significant performances in a play's run – the first preview and closing night. Seeing both, I saw the West Yorkshire Playhouse's production transformed into a truly unmissable experience
The Cat on a Hit Tin Roof film may be censored – but in some ways it's superior
Peter Bradshaw
At the prompting of Guardian readers, film critic Peter Bradshaw revisits Richard Brooks's 1958 adaptation, which delivers a homosexual hero paralysed with self-hatred
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof – post your questions for Zoe Boyle and Jamie Parker
Andrew Dickson
Andrew Dickson: A big thank you to everyone for getting involved in our open journalism project – and it isn't over yet. As well as our tweet night, we're doing a webchat with Zoe Boyle and Jamie Parker, so post your questions here
We're gathering thoughts on West Yorkshire Playhouse's new production of the Tennessee Williams classic
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof: watch the trailer – video
See Zoe Boyle, Jamie Parker and Richard Cordery in action in the West Yorkshire Playhouse's new staging of Tennessee William's southern classic
Teaching Cat on a Hot Tin Roof: the play with a pull students can't resist
Emma Drury talks to English teachers about the challenges and rewards of teaching Tennessee Williams’ dark, demanding play, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof • The Guardian Cat on a Hot Tin Roof project page
Sarah Esdaile's richly detailed production proves that British actors at home with Tennessee Williams's human extremities of emotion, writes Michael Billington in this extended web-only review
Know the score: making music for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof - video
Trumpet player Simon Beddoe and pianist Matthew Bourne talk about the challenge of providing 'reactive and emotive' improvised accompaniment to the play
Behind the scenes: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at West Yorkshire Playhouse
A society drowning in bourbon-coloured water is not the easiest of illusions to create on stage, as Alfred Hickling discovers as part of our unique crowd-sourced theatre project
Lyn Gardner: As a new production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof opens in Leeds, we're inviting you to join our project and review the production. But there's no right or wrong
