We’re looking back in pictures at the world-famous theatre as it prepares to celebrate its half century in November. The current show at the Crucible is the excellent Typical Girls, inspired by the music of punk band The Slits. Box office: www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk
9. Star in making
Victoria Wood in Good Fun at the Crucible in 1980, one of two shows she wrote and starred in for the theatre Photo: Gerald Murray
10. You can be serious
Richard Wilson in Krapp's Last Tape by Samuel Beckett, performed at the Crucible Studio in 2014. Richard worked with Sheffield Theatres as an associate director from 2010 Photo: Mark Douet
11. Famous confrontation
Daniel Rigby as David Frost and Jonathan Hyde as Richard Nixon in Frost/Nixon at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield in February 2018 Photo: Mark Douet
12. Gem of a performance
Ruby Bentall in Alice at the Crucible in June 2010, an adaptation of Alice in Wonderland by Sheffield author Laura Wade Photo: submitted