As Bruxas de Salém

We regret to inform you that, due to unforeseen circumstances, we have been forced to cancel the performance of The Crucible on October 6th. Ticket holders will be contacted or may reach out to the São João's ticket office services through the phone number +351 22 340 19 10 or the email bilheteira@tnsj.pt to arrange for ticket exchanges or refunds. We appreciate your understanding “What anarchy is this?” More than a year later, the “witches” of the small town of Salem return to haunt the Teatro São João stage. Actually, they had never gone away. Fear, lies, manipulation and the destructive force of vengeance continue to claim their victims daily, in newspapers and TV channels, in the streets and on social media. Inspired by a historical event – the witchcraft trials that raged through that Puritan town in 1692 Massachusetts –, this play by Arthur Miller, which premiered in 1953, draws a parallel between that episode and Senator McCarthy’s persecution of American communists during the so-called “witch hunt” of the 1950s. Staged by Nuno Cardoso, As Bruxas de Salém [ The Crucible] returns for a new season. “The Devil’s loose”, once again. “Or did I dream that?”