The Crucible
by Arthur Miller
Booking and details
This production ran in the Olivier Theatre from 14 September to 5 November 2022.
Speak of the devil and he appears.
A witch hunt is beginning in Salem.
Raised to be seen and 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.
Arthur Miller’s gripping parable of power and its abuse returns in an urgent new staging by director Lyndsey Turner (Under Milk Wood, Top Girls).
Performed From 14 September to 5 November 2022 in the Olivier Theatre.
Reviews
‘The National at its best.’
Daily Telegraph
‘really great…digs deep into the play’s questions of human longing for justice.’
Daily Mail
‘Turner has produced a Crucible for the ages.’
Yorkshire Post
‘Miller’s Crucible burns bright once more.’
Evening Standard
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.
Gallery
Rehearsal gallery
Video
Cast
David Ahmad
For the National Theatre: The Crucible and Hamlet
Fisayo Akinade
Fisayo Akinade trained at Central School of Speech and Drama
Zoë Aldrich
For the National Theatre: The Grapes of Wrath, The Crucible (also Gielgud), Antigone and Her Naked Skin
Nathan Amzi
For the National: The Crucible
Stephanie Beattie
For the National Theatre: The Crucible (also West End)
Halle Brown
Halle Brown trained at Arts Educational Schools where productions included Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Bandstand, Crabs, Moulin Rouge and A Grand Night for Singing.
Sophia Brown
Sophia Brown trained at Arts Educational Schools and the Urdang Academy.
Raphael Bushay
Raphael Bushay trained at the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts.
Anushka Chakravarti
For the National Theatre: Coriolanus, The Crucible and Our Generation
Grace Cooper Milton
Grace Cooper Milton trained at Guildhall School of Music and Drama where productions included Barbarians, Medea, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and The Cherry Orchard.
Brendan Cowell
For the National: The Crucible
Rachelle Diedericks
Rachelle Diedericks trained at The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts.
Erin Doherty
For the National: The Crucible
Hero Douglas
Hero Douglas studied Music at the University of Oxford.
Henry Everett
Henry Everett is the artistic director of Infinite Jest Theatre Company Ltd.
Nick Fletcher
Nick Fletcher trained at Webber Douglas.
Aoife Haakenson
Aoife Haakenson trained at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts where productions included Nell Gwynn, Les Misérables and Fun Home.
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).
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
Martin Johnston
Ensemble / Understudy Herrick/ Hathorne/ Hopkins/ Giles Corey/ Francis Nurse
Martin Johnston
For the National: The Crucible
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.
Joy Tan
For the National Theatre: The Crucible (also West End)
Ami Tredrea
For the National Theatre: London Tide and The Crucible
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
Eileen Walsh
For the National Theatre: Mnemonic (2024), a co-production with Complicité, The Crucible, Absolute Hell, Broad Shadow and Liolà
The role of Betty Paris was played by:
Jersey Blu Georgia
Jersey Blu Georgia’s work in theatre includes The Duchess of Malfi at the Almeida; and Bonnie and Clyde, Prince of Egypt and West End Live 2021 in the West End.
TV includes Wool.
Film includes The Prince of Egypt and the short films The Loop and Such a Loser.
Una Herrmann
Una Hermann’s work in theatre includes Leopoldstadt.
Evie Marner (NT Live recording performance)
Evie Marner’s work in theatre includes School of Rock on UK tour; and Sleeping Beauty at the Rhodes Arts Complex.
In 2019 she was a finalist at the All-England Dance Competition National Finals.
Cadence Williams
The Crucible is Cadence Williams’ professional theatre debut.
TV includes The Midwich Cuckoos.
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)
Composer and Arrranger
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
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
Lead 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), The Importance of Being Earnest, 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
Lead Set Design Associate
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.
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.
Company Voice Work
Jeannette Nelson
Jeannette Nelson
Jeannette Nelson has worked extensively as a voice coach in theatre, film and TV.
Company Voice Work
Shereen Ibrahim
Shereen Ibrahim
For the National Theatre: company voice work includes The Importance of Being Earnest, Coriolanus, The Grapes of Wrath, Underdog: The Other Other Brontë, Dear Octopus, Dear England, Dixon and Daughters, The Odyssey, Hamlet, The Crucible, Jack Absolute Flies Again and The Father and the Assassin (also dialect work); dialect work for Standing at the Sky’s Edge, All of Us and Our Generation; and acting work in The Black Album and The Hour We Knew Nothing of Each Other
Staff 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.
Artwork photography by Felicity McCabe