The Crucible
The Crucible
Director
UCOpera
March 2024
Director: Eleanor Strutt
Conductor: Matt Scott Rogers
Designer: Sasha Balmazi-Owen
Producers: Hermione Killian-Dawson & Angus Benton
John Proctor: Theo Perry
Reverend John Hale: Lawrence Gillians
Abigail Williams: Lottie Craven
Elizabeth Proctor: Saskia Kirk
Reverend Samuel Parris: William Collison
Judge Danforth: Sam Britner
Tituba: Hamish Rogers
Thomas Putnam: Benson Zhou
Ann Putnam: Pardis Ajala
Mary Warren: Eugenie Ng
Giles Cory: Oliver Smith
Francis Nurse: Angus Benton
Ezekiel Cheever: Magnus Cameron
Sarah Good: Charlotte Khan
Betty Parris: Amy Winterbottom
Ruth Putnam: Dea Peshkepia
Susannah Walcott: Molly Hanya Soos
Mercy Lewis: Didi Dergham
Martha Sheldon: Maame-Deh Karikari-Brobbey
Bridget Booth: Aoife Mulligan Smith
Rebecca Nurse: Anna Scott
Ensemble:
Students from University College London
“Strutt had done a thorough job directing the 21-strong cast - motive and identity were clear, and the community of elders well drawn - an achievement when everyone was in their fresh-faced 20s or younger.”
Opera Magazine
Photos: Rofiqi Setiawan