The Crucible at the Gielgud Theatre
by Arthur Miller
Booking and details
Gielgud Theatre, W1D 6AR
Shaftesbury Ave
London W1D 6AR
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Performances: Monday to Saturday at 7pm, plus matinees on Thursday and Saturday at 2pm.
Olivier Award-winner Lyndsey Turner directs this electrifying new production with set design by Es Devlin in a ‘nigh-on perfect revival’ (Evening Standard) of Arthur Miller’s masterpiece, a gripping parable of power and its abuse.
A witch hunt is beginning in Salem…
Raised to be seen but not heard, a group of young women suddenly find their words have a terrible power. As a climate of fear spreads through the community, private vendettas fuel public accusations and soon the truth itself is on trial.
Featuring Milly Alcock (House of the Dragon) as Abigail Williams, Caitlin FitzGerald (Masters of Sex, Succession) as Elizabeth Proctor, and Brian Gleeson (Bad Sisters) as John Proctor, our acclaimed production of The Crucible is now playing at the Gielgud Theatre for a strictly limited summer season.
Performed 7 June — 2 September 2023 in the Gielgud Theatre.
Reviews
‘A gripping revival of Arthur Miller’s masterpiece. The National Theatre at its best.’
Telegraph
‘A five-star scorcher.’
The Sunday Times
‘A nigh-on perfect revival.’
Evening Standard
‘Turner’s version builds and builds like a storm. When the heavens finally open – both figuratively and literally – the downpour takes your breath away.’
Time Out
‘Bewitching, beguiling and brilliant. A must-see’
Broadway World
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Suitability
Please note: This production contains strong language and themes which some may find distressing. Bright lights are used during transitions. Haze is used throughout.
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Cast
David Ahmad
For the National Theatre: The Crucible and Hamlet
Fisayo Akinade
Fisayo Akinade trained at Central School of Speech and Drama
Milly Alcock
For the National Theatre: The Crucible (West End)
Zoë Aldrich
For the National Theatre: The Grapes of Wrath, The Crucible (also Gielgud), Antigone and Her Naked Skin
Stephanie Beattie
For the National Theatre: The Crucible (also West End)
Christopher Birch
For the National Theatre: The Crucible (West End), Young Chekhov: The Seagull, Young Chekhov: Ivanov, Waste, and Oedipus
Lucy Brindle
For the National Theatre: The Crucible (West End)
Raphael Bushay
Raphael Bushay trained at the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts.
Henry Everett
Henry Everett is the artistic director of Infinite Jest Theatre Company Ltd.
Grace Farrell
For the National Theatre: The Crucible (West End)
Caitlin FitzGerald
For the National Theatre: The Crucible (West End)
Nick Fletcher
Nick Fletcher trained at Webber Douglas.
Chyna-Rose Frederick
For the National Theatre: The Crucible (West End)
Brian Gleeson
For the National Theatre: The Crucible (West End)
Colin Haigh
For the National: The Crucible, Man and Superman, King Lear, 50 Years on Stage, Othello, The Captain of Köpenick, Travelling Light, The Kitchen, The Cherry Orchard, Seasons Greetings, Burnt by the Sun, Afterlife, The Hothouse, Playing with Fire, The History Boys (also on international tour and on Broadway), Battle Royal, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, La Grande Magia, Danton’s Death, Inner Voices, Lorenzaccio, What the Butler Saw and The Oresteia (also at Epidaurus).
Nadine Higgin
Tituba
Nadine Higgin
Miya James
For the National Theatre: London Tide and The Crucible (West End)
Karl Johnson
For the National: The Crucible, Under Milk Wood, Glengarry Glen Ross, Scenes from the Big Picture, Frankenstein, The Seafarer, Means Tears and The Mysteries
Ebony Jonelle
For the National Theatre: The Crucible (West End), Top Girls and As You Like It (for Public Acts at Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch)
Matthew Marsh
For the National: The Crucible, The Last of the Haussmans, Blood and Gifts, The Overwhelming and Copenhagen
Gracie McGonigal
Gracie McGonigal trained at the Brit School and the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts.
Alastair Parker
Alastair Parker trained at the Guildford School of Acting and the Royal Academy of Music.
Tama Phethean
For the National Theatre: The Crucible (West End), Wuthering Heights (also on US tour)
Amy Snudden
For the National Theatre: The Crucible (West End)
Joy Tan
For the National Theatre: The Crucible (also West End)
Nia Towle
Nia Towle trained at Guildhall School of Music and Drama, graduating in 2021. She was previously a member of the National Youth Theatre and Southwark Playhouse Young Company.
Samuel Townsend
For the National Theatre: The Crucible (West End)
Tilly Tremayne
For the National Theatre: The Crucible (also West End), The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, The Holy Rosenbergs, Women Beware Women and The Reporter
Production Team
Director
Lyndsey Turner
Lyndsey Turner
For the National Theatre: Coriolanus, Roald Dahl’s The Witches, The Crucible, Under Milk Wood, Top Girls, Light Shining in Buckinghamshire, There is a War and Edgar and Annabel
Set Designer
Es Devlin
Es Devlin
For the National Theatre: Coriolanus, Dear England (also Prince Edward), The Motive and the Cue (also Noël Coward), The Lehman Trilogy (also West End, Broadway and on tour; 2022 Tony Award), The Crucible, Light Shining in Buckinghamshire and Ugly Lies the Bone
Costume Designer
Catherine Fay
Catherine Fay
Catherine Fay is an Irish Costume Designer. She trained at the National College of Art and Design, Ireland.
Lighting Designer
Tim Lutkin
Tim Lutkin
For the National Theatre: Coriolanus, The Crucible, Jack Absolute Flies Again, Under Milk Wood, Antony & Cleopatra, Salomé and Les Blancs
Sound Designer (Content Design)
Tingying Dong
Tingying Dong
For the National Theatre: London Tide, Dear Octopus and The Crucible (also in the West End)
Sound Designer (System Design)
Christopher Shutt
Christopher Shutt
For the National Theatre: Mnemonic (2024), a co-production with Complicité, London Tide, The Crucible (West End), Much Ado About Nothing, The Corn is Green, Paradise, Hansard, Antony and Cleopatra, Top Girls, Julie, John, Twelfth Night, Man and Superman, Light Shining in Buckinghamshire, Every Good Boy Deserves Favour and War Horse (also West End and Broadway and on tour)
Composer and Arranger
Caroline Shaw
Caroline Shaw
Caroline Shaw is a musician working in many genres and mediums. She often works in collaboration with others, as producer, composer, violinist, and vocalist.
Music Director and Arranger
Osnat Schmool
Osnat Schmool
For the National Theatre: as vocal arranger and singing coach, Mnemonic (2024), a co-production with Complicité, as music director, The Grapes of Wrath (upcoming), The Crucible (also Gielgud), The Welkin, and as a performer, As You Like It and Rutherford and Son
Casting
Alastair Coomer CDG
Alastair Coomer CDG
For the National Theatre: over 50 productions including Alterations, The Other Place, The Grapes of Wrath, Mnemonic (2024), Nye (also Wales Millennium Centre), The House of Bernarda Alba, Othello, The Crucible (also West End), Blues for an Alabama Sky, The Ocean at the End of the Lane, Mosquitoes, This House, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, One Man, Two Guvnors and War Horse
Casting
Naomi Downham
Naomi Downham
For the National Theatre, as casting director: Alterations, A Tupperware of Ashes, The Grapes of Wrath, Underdog: The Other Other Brontë (also Northern Stage), The House of Bernarda Alba, The Crucible (also West End), The Ocean at the End of the Lane (UK tour), Hamlet (school tour) and Jekyll & Hyde (school tour)
Associate Director
Blythe Stewart
Blythe Stewart
Blythe Stewart trained at East 15 and the National Academy of Dramatic Arts (GITIS) in Moscow, Russia. She was resident director on The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time on UK and Ireland tour (2022) and resident assistant director at the Donmar in 2019, assisting on productions including Teenage Dick, [BLANK] and Appropriate.
Associate Set Designer
Ellie Wintour
Ellie Wintour
Ellie Wintour is an Associate Designer at Es Devlin Studio and has worked closely with Es Devlin since June 2021. She studied English Literature at the University of York before training in Theatre Design at Wimbledon College of Art.
Associate Lighting Designer
Max Narula
Max Narula
Max Narula is a graduate of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama receiving the Gold Medal Award.
Fight Director
Bret Yount
Bret Yount
For the National Theatre: The Crucible (also West End), Jack Absolute Flies Again, Middle, The Normal Heart, ‘Master Harold’… and the Boys, Top Girls, Nine Night, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Treasure Island, A Taste of Honey, Emil and the Detectives, Moon on a Rainbow Shawl, Double Feature and Men Should Weep
Intimacy Director
Ita O'Brien for Intimacy On Set
Ita O'Brien for Intimacy On Set
Ita O’Brien is the UK’s leading intimacy coordinator (IC) and founder of Intimacy on Set, which provides services to theatre, opera, TV and film, when dealing with intimacy, sexual content, and nudity.
Intimacy Director
Louise Kempton for Intimacy On Set
Louise Kempton for Intimacy On Set
Louise Kempton is an intimacy director/coordinator, movement director and actor working in theatre, TV and film. Kempton trained in Acting at Rose Bruford College and later at Guildhall School of Music and Drama in both Movement and Performance Training. Kempton is an associate member of Intimacy on Set.
Dialect Coach
Danièle Lydon
Danièle Lydon
For the National: Phaedra, The Crucible and Rutherford and Son.
Dialect Coach
Hazel Holder
Hazel Holder
For the National Theatre: Alterations (upcoming), A Tupperware of Ashes, The Grapes of Wrath, The Hot Wing King, Death of England trilogy, The Effect, Grenfell: in the words of survivors, Trouble in Mind, Blues for an Alabama Sky, The Crucible, Rockets and Blue Lights, Death of England, Small Island, Nine Night, Barber Shop Chronicles, Angels in America, Les Blancs and Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Voice and Dialect Coach
Kate Godfrey
Kate Godfrey
Having worked as an actor for ten years, Kate Godfrey trained as a voice coach at The Central School of Speech and Drama from 1995-6. She has worked at Mountview Theatre School, the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, the National Theatre and the RSC.
Assistant Music Director
Alice Grant
Alice Grant
Alice Grant trained at Goldsmiths, University of London. She is a vocal coach, workshop leader and choir director.
Resident Director
Sophie Dillon Moniram
Sophie Dillon Moniram
Sophie Moniram is a graduate from Mountview Academy’s Theatre Directing MA and has participated in the National Theatre Studio’s Directing Course.
Group and Education bookings
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Assisted performances
Captioned Performances
Saturday 15 July 2023, 2pm
Monday 31 July 2023, 7pm
BSL Interpreted Performance
Saturday 29 July 2023, 2pm
Audio Described Performances
Saturday 22 July 2023, 2pm
Monday 7 August 2023, 7pm
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Artwork photography by Felicity McCabe.