Society/Production Company: Boulevard Productions

Show Title: The Crucible

Performance Dates: Wednesday 27th May - Saturday 30th May 2026

Performance Start Time: 7:30 pm

Location: Michael Pilch Studio Theatre, Oxford OX1 3TS

Ticket Link: http://www.ticketsource.com/boulevard-productions/the-crucible-by-arthur-miller/e-kqqvkx

Brief Description of Performance: The Crucible is a brutal dramatisation of the 1692 Salem witch trials, in which 19 people were hanged.

Written in the shadow of McCarthyism, it portrays the struggle for integrity amidst a climate of mass hysteria and ruthless judgement.

When a group of girls are caught dancing in the woods, they fend off punishment by accusing others of witchcraft. What starts as self-preservation spirals into mass hysteria: as accusations fly, the accused face impossible choices.

This production foregrounds the injustices at the heart of the play — the racial prejudice directed at Tituba, and the misogyny that traps the young women at its centre.

'One of the true masterpieces of twentieth-century American theatre' - New York Times

CW: violence, themes of racism, and references to hanging and child loss.

The show is estimated to run for approximately 90 minutes with no interval.