The Crucible Reviews
Hannah Forsyth from London,
SUPERB CAST LET DOWN BY CONFUSING PRODUCTION
This is a somewhat frustrating production of Arthur Miller's classic play. The cast are, for the most part, superb. The casting of John Proctor as a woman never distracts from the central story and indeed Caoilfhionn Dunne does a fantastic job, showing Proctor's conflicted character. Emma D'Arcy is also excellent as Elizabeth and the ensemble works well as a whole. However, the production design is for the most part incomprehensible and distracting. Moving scenes are undermined and muddied by bizarre costume changes, technical cues and the frankly irritating depiction of witches as alien-like creatures. Several early stylistic decisions, such as labelled chairs and Powerpoint presentations of stage directions, are never successfully integrated and are largely abandoned as the show goes on. This show is worth seeing for the stellar performances, but would benefit from a stylistic overhaul.
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