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The Crucible Theatre, or simply The Crucible, is a theatre in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, which opened in 1971. It hosts regular theatrical performances and the annual World Snooker Championship , which has been held at the venue since 1977.
Sheffield Theatres exterior showing the Crucible and Lyceum. Sheffield Theatres is a theatre complex in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England.It comprises four theatres: the Crucible, the Lyceum, the Tanya Moiseiwitsch Playhouse, [1] and (as of January 2025) the Montgomery Theatre. [2]
The Lyceum, Sheffield's second oldest theatre, sits on the east side of the square. On the north side of the square is the Crucible, the venue for the World Snooker Championships since 1977. Also within the square is the smaller Studio Theatre which, along with the two aforementioned theatres, is managed by Sheffield Theatres.
[6] [7] The 1977 tournament was the first staged at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England, where it has remained since. [8] [9] Stephen Hendry and Ronnie O'Sullivan are the most successful players in the World Championship's modern era, each having won the title seven times. [10]
Standing at the Sky's Edge is an Olivier Award-winning musical with music and lyrics by Richard Hawley and a book by Chris Bush.. The musical (named after Hawley's 2012 album of the same name) begins in 1961 and tells the story of three families over sixty years living in Park Hill, a council housing estate in Sheffield and features both new and existing songs by Hawley.
The Tanya Moiseiwitsch Playhouse (formerly the Studio Theatre) is a studio theatre that forms part of the Sheffield Theatres complex in Sheffield, England. The theatre, which was opened in 1971, is situated in the same building as the Crucible Theatre and holds a maximum capacity of 400 people. The present artistic director is Rob Hastie.
The production featured the same creative team as the Sheffield production including Daniel Evans as director, and the cast featured Clare Burt reprising her role as Mrs Harris. [ 3 ] During the COVID-19 pandemic , an archive recording of the musical during its run in Chichester was streamed online from 9 April 2020 for 30 days.
Life of Pi is a play based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Yann Martel adapted for the stage by Lolita Chakrabarti.. The play premiered in June 2019 at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield before transferring to the Wyndham's Theatre in London's West End in November 2021.