A PLAY depicting the Salem Witch Trials is heading to Ulverston.

Arthur Miller's The Crucible is a dramatized and partially fictionalised story of the Salem Witch Trials that took place in the Massachusetts Bay Colony during 1692-93. 

It’s Salem in 1692 and girls are caught dancing in the woods. The witch hunter is summoned and a toxic mix of vengeance and fear is about to send a small community to the gallows.

The Crucible will be presented by The Ulverston Outsiders at The Coro.

The production is being directed by Steve Carrick who first performed the play 33 years ago performing the part of John Proctor.

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Steve said the play was 'timeless and terrific'. He said: "It's so powerful and it resonates today where society turns in on itself and people start accusing their neighbours of all sorts of things."

Arthur Miller wrote the play as an allegory for McCarthyism, when the United States government prosecuted people accused of being communists.

The production was first hoped to be performed in April 2020 and Ulverston Outsiders are delighted to be returning to The Coro stage at last.

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Steve said over the years he has watched the play man times and was 'delighted' at being asked to direct this production. On why he loves the play, he said: "Some plays are timeless but this is so powerful. The characters are so beautifully written and you get invested in these characters.

"There is a truism about it, there is a reality about it that people can relate to."

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The play will be performed at The Coro, Ulverston from Tuesday, March 29 till Friday, April 1 between 7.30-10pm.

Tickets are still available for £10 on opening night and £12 on the other two nights. Tickets for the performance are available here.

The play was cancelled just one month before opening night due to the Covid-19 lockdown.

Steve said rehearsals have been going great.

"We have more or less the same cast, so we were able to pick off where we left off," he said.

"People remembered a lot of their lines, which for me as a director was incredibly gratifying."