World premiere of THE BALLROOM to be staged at Sheffield Crucible

Set in Yorkshire and based on the acclaimed book, the world premiere of The Ballroom features in Sheffield Theatres’ upcoming 2026/27 season, marking the return of the Director of Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, Jonathan Butterell, to the Crucible.

The production is created and staged by Butterell, Kevin Clifton (Strictly Come Dancing) and Anna Hope.

Where love is the only escape.

Inside Sharston Asylum, at the edge of the Yorkshire moors, there is a beautiful ballroom. Men and women, kept apart during the week, meet on a Friday to dance…

Set over the tinder-dry heatwave summer of 1911, The Ballroom spins a tale of forbidden love and dangerous obsession, of madness and sanity, and of who gets to decide which is which.

Dates and further details will be announced soon.