Crucible Theatre

The Crucible Theatre, or simply The Crucible, is a theatre in , , England, which opened in 1971. Its name refers to crucible steel, which was developed in Sheffield in 1740 and drove the industrialisation of the city.
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  • Type: Theater building
  • Description: theater and event venue in Sheffield, England
  • Also known as: “The Crucible”
  • Address: 55 Norfolk Street, Sheffield, S1 1DA
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Cathedral Church of St Marie and Tanya Moiseiwitsch Playhouse.

Church
Photo: Bob Harvey, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The is the Roman Catholic cathedral in , . It lies in a slightly hidden location, just off Fargate shopping street, but signals its presence with a 195 feet spire, the tallest in Sheffield.

Theater building
The is a studio theatre that forms part of the Sheffield Theatres complex in , England. The theatre, which was opened in 1971, is situated in the same building as the Crucible Theatre and holds a maximum capacity of 400 people.

Theater building
Photo: Captain Scarlet, CC BY 2.5.
The Lyceum is a 1,068-seat theatre in the , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Heart of the City and Sheffield city centre.

Quarter
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The was a £130 million major re-development in Sheffield, England begun in 2004, and completed in 2016 and one of the 12 official quarters of Sheffield City Centre.

Suburb
is a district of the and is covered partly by the City ward of the City of Sheffield. It includes the area that is within a radius of roughly 0.75 miles of and is encircled by the Inner Ring Road, a circular route started in the late 1960s and completed in 2007.

Quarter
The is one of 's city centre quarters, located around and named after the . It is bound by Tenter Street to the northwest, West Bar to the north, Snig Hill to the north east, Angel Street to the east, High Street and Church Street to the south and Townhead Street around its western corner.

Crucible Theatre

Latitude
53.38108° or 53° 22′ 52″ north
Longitude
-1.46677° or 1° 28′ 0″ west
Operator
Sheffield Theatres
Open location code
9C5W9GJM+C7
Open­Street­Map ID
way 175579051
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­theatre
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q1141915
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Ukrainian—“Crucible Theatre” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Քրուսիբլ թատրոն”
  • Basque: “Crucible antzokia”
  • Belarusian: “Тэатр Крусібл”
  • Catalan: “Crucible Theatre”
  • Central Kurdish: “شانۆی کرووسیبڵ”
  • Chinese: “克鲁斯堡剧院”
  • Chinese: “克鲁西布剧院”
  • Czech: “Crucible Theatre”
  • Danish: “Crucible Theatre”
  • Dutch: “Crucible Theater”
  • Dutch: “Crucible Theatre”
  • French: “Crucible Theatre”
  • Georgian: “კრუსიბლის თეატრი”
  • German: “Crucible Theatre”
  • Hebrew: “תיאטרון הקרוסיבל”
  • Hungarian: “Crucible Színház”
  • Italian: “Crucible Theatre”
  • Japanese: “クルーシブル劇場”
  • Korean: “크루시블 극장”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Crucible Theatre”
  • Norwegian: “Crucible Theatre”
  • Persian: “تئاتر کروسیبل”
  • Polish: “Crucible Theatre”
  • Portuguese: “Crucible Theatre”
  • Romanian: “Teatrul Crucible”
  • Russian: “Крусибл”
  • Russian: “Театр Крусибл”
  • Serbian: “Крусибл театар”
  • Slovak: “Crucible Theatre”
  • Spanish: “Crucible Theatre”
  • Swedish: “Crucible Theatre”
  • Swedish: “The Crucible Theatre”
  • Thai: “ครูซิเบิล เธียเตอร์”
  • Thai: “ครูซิเบิลเทียเตอร์”
  • Thai: “โรงละครครูซิเบิล”
  • Turkish: “Crucible Tiyatrosu”
  • Ukrainian: “Театр Крусібл”

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Highlights include Arundel Gate Interchange and Central United Reformed Church.

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