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Amazons – Review – Sheffield Crucible Playhouse
By Clare Jenkins, October 2026 Gaël Le Cornec’s one-woman, multi-media show about the women of the Amazon rainforest was a ... -
Twelfth Night – Review – Sheffield Crucible Theatre
By Clare Jenkins, October 2026 Jamie Glover’s energetically engaging production of Shakespeare’s other ‘comedy of errors’ begins as it ends, ... -
King Lear – Review – Sheffield Crucible Theatre
By Clare Jenkins, September 2026 It’s 21 years since Ian McDiarmid last appeared as Lear on the Crucible stage. Then, ... -
Living – Review – Sheffield Playhouse
By Clare Jenkins, March 2026 Leo Butler’s latest play opens in 1969, with an old lady watching the Apollo 11 ... -
The Ladies Football Club – Review – Sheffield Crucible Theatre
By Clare Jenkins, March 2026 Remember last summer, when The Lionesses roared to victory in the 2025 Euros, beating Spain ... -
Crown of Blood – Review – Sheffield Crucible Theatre
By Clare Jenkins, February 2026 At the Crucible this time last year, Sheffield-based Utopia Theatre staged Wole Soyinka’s Death and ... -
A Christmas Carol – Review – Crucible Theatre, Sheffield
By Clare Jenkins, December 2025 Christmas just wouldn’t be Christmas without mince pies, mulled wine, lighted-up windows, hangovers, It’s a ... -
Roshni – Review – Sheffield Crucible Playhouse
By Clare Jenkins, November 2025 Outside Sheffield’s Crucible Playhouse, the November night is dark, wet and cold. Inside, though, all ... -
Gwenda’s Garage – Review – Sheffield Playhouse
By Clare Jenkins, October 2025 An infamous 1979 Fiat car advert had as its slogan ‘If it were a woman, ... -
Dancing at Lughnasa – Review – Sheffield Crucible Theatre
By Clare Jenkins, September 2025 Elizabeth Newman’s debut production as the new artistic director of Sheffield Theatres isn’t barnstorming, rule-breaking ... -
A Streetcar Named Desire – Review – Sheffield Crucible Theatre
By Clare Jenkins, March 2025 In yet another week where male violence against women has made headlines, this taut, intense ... -
A Doll’s House – Review – Sheffield Crucible
By Clare Jenkins, September 2024 When A Doll’s House was premiered in Copenhagen in 1879, it caused a sensation with ...
