The York Realist, directed by Sheffield Theatres artistic director Robert Hastie, was seen at both the Donmar Warehouse in London and at the Sheffield Crucible in 2018The York Realist, directed by Sheffield Theatres artistic director Robert Hastie, was seen at both the Donmar Warehouse in London and at the Sheffield Crucible in 2018
The York Realist, directed by Sheffield Theatres artistic director Robert Hastie, was seen at both the Donmar Warehouse in London and at the Sheffield Crucible in 2018

Sheffield Crucible: Stars who've appeared at theatre - including Victoria Wood, John Simm, and Kenneth Branagh

Victoria Wood, John Simm, Kenneth Branagh, Dominic West – so many brilliant and famous faces have trodden the boards at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield over its 50-year history, as these pictures show.
By Julia Armstrong
Published 9th Nov 2021, 10:00 BST
Updated 9th Nov 2021, 13:07 BST

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

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John Simm rehearsing for Hamlet at the Crucible in September 2010

1. Life off Mars

John Simm rehearsing for Hamlet at the Crucible in September 2010 Photo: n/a

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Former co-stars of The Wire, Clarke Peters and Dominic West, co-starring in Othello at the Crucible in 2011

2. Wire reunion

Former co-stars of The Wire, Clarke Peters and Dominic West, co-starring in Othello at the Crucible in 2011 Photo: Sheffield Theatres

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Samuel West as Brutus and Chipo Chung as his wife Portia in a 2017 Crucible production of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. Samuel is a former artistic director at Sheffield Theatres

3. Roman drama

Samuel West as Brutus and Chipo Chung as his wife Portia in a 2017 Crucible production of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. Samuel is a former artistic director at Sheffield Theatres Photo: JOHAN PERSSON

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Jemima Rooper and Daniel Crossley in Me and My Girl at The Crucible Theatre in December 2010

4. Cockney knees-up

Jemima Rooper and Daniel Crossley in Me and My Girl at The Crucible Theatre in December 2010 Photo: Roger Nadal

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