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  • Venue Shakespeare's Globe, London
  • Performance dates Booking to 12 July 2025
  • Running time 3 hours (including interval)

Get The Crucible Tickets – Arthur Miller’s Thriller at Shakespeare’s Globe

For the first time ever, in an electrifying theatre event, a modern classic is being performed at Shakespeare’s Globe in London, with Arthur Miller’s timely thriller The Crucible playing a limited nine week summer run.

Consumed by paranoia, superstition and a ruthless sense of justice, a climate of fear and mass hysteria sweeps through the town of Salem, Massachusetts when rumours grow that a group of girls are practicing witchcraft.

What lies are the townspeople prepared to tell themselves in order to survive?

Revolutionary, award-winning American playwright Arthur Miller’s seminal, political history play about Salem in 1692, and McCarthy’s 1950’s America, is a timeless warning to us all. Ola Ince (Othello, 2024, Romeo and Juliet, 2021) directs this visceral, gripping, ultra-live adventure into a desperate, dangerous world where everyone is implicated, and nobody is safe.

The Crucible runs from 8 May – 12 July 2025 at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, London.

A witch hunt is beginning in Salem…

As a climate of fear spreads through the community, private vendettas fuel public accusations and soon the truth itself is on trial.

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Stars and Creatives

Who is in the cast of The Crucible?

Starring Sarah Belcher as Ann Putnam / Sarah Good, Sarah Cullum as Martha Corey / Ruth Putnam / Cover, Gavin Drea as John Proctor, Joshua Dunn as Cheever, Steve Furst as Reverend Parris, James Groom as Willard / Cover, Joanne Howarth as Rebecca Nurse, Molly Madigan as Mercy Lewis / Cover, Aisha-Mae McCormick as Susanna Walcott / Cover, Stuart McQuarrie as Thomas Putnam / Judge Hathorne, Sarah Merrifield as Tituba, Scarlett Nunes as Betty Parris, Glyn Pritchard as Francis Nurse, Phoebe Pryce as Elizabeth Proctor, Hannah Saxby as Abigail Williams, Gareth Snook as Deputy Governor Danforth, Jo Stone-Fewings as Reverend Hale, Howard Ward as Giles Corey, and Bethany Wooding as Mary Warren.

Who are the creative team of The Crucible?

Written by Arthur Miller.

Directed by Ola Ince with design by Amelia Jane Hankin, Lindsay McAllister is Assistant Director, Renell Shaw is Composer, and Voice and Text by Annemette Verspeak.

Important Notes

Access Performances: Captioned: 14 June 7.30pm, 25 June 7.30pm; BSL: 7 June 2pm, 18 June 7.30pm; Relaxed: 10 June 2pm, 28 June 2pm; Audio Described: 14 June 2pm, Tuesday 24 June 2pm

Content warning: This production contains scenes of physical violence, weapons, stage blood and gore. The play contains themes of racism and references to hanging and child loss. 

Venue Information

Shakespeare's Globe , 21 New Globe Walk, London, SE1 9DT

Nearest Tube or Train: London Bridge (Jubilee line, Northern line)

Nearest Buses: 45, 63, 100, 15, 17, 11, 15, 17, 23, 26, 76, 381 , RV1, 344

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Critics' reviews of The Crucible

★★★★★ "Beautifully portrayed... an unqualified success" - Broadway World

★★★★ "Stirring account of paranoia and prejudice" - The Arts Desk

★★★★ "Gripping" - London Theatre

★★★★ "Venue and material are, unlike the play’s central protagonists, beautifully wedded" - What's On Stage

★★★★ "The success of this gripping production only begs the question of why not sooner?" - All That Dazzles

● "Gavin Drea brings quiet dignity to the lead role in Arthur Miller’s portrait of the Salem witch trials" - The Times

● "It looks pretty spectacular" - TimeOut

● "As the first Miller play to be staged at the Globe it is a powerfully pertinent choice" - The Guardian

● "Ola Ince’s solid and well-acted production" - Evening Standard

Also see: The Crucible Reviews Round-up

Frequently Asked Questions

The Crucible is playing at the Shakespeare's Globe in London
The running time of The Crucible is 3 hours (including interval)
Yes, The Crucible has matinee performances on the following days: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday
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