John Proctor is the Villain Tickets

John Proctor is the Villain in London

Tony-nominated play John Proctor is the Villain makes its London debut this spring as it comes to The Royal Court Theatre in Sloane Square. This bitingly witty coming-of-age dramady turns theatrical classic The Crucible on its head, examining what it means to be a teenage girl in a post #MeToo world, and who gets to decide who is the hero of the stories we tell. John Proctor is the Villain will “engage and electrify” (Guardian). Secure your tickets for the strictly limited run today. 

What is the play John Proctor is the Villain about?

In a rural Georgia town in 2018, a high-school honours English class sit down to study Arthur Miller’s The Crucible - but the teens are more preoccupied with sex, gossip, who’s making out with who, and conducting ‘witch hunts’ of their own than with a stuffy old play about the Salem witch trials.

As they try to figure out their place in a post #MeToo world, a group of girls receive pushback from their conservative school administrators when they try to found a feminism club, and as they delve further into the text of The Crucible, they start to question everything they previously thought about the play. Is its flawed yet celebrated protagonist, John Proctor, truly the hero their teacher purports him to be?

Both a response to and re-examination of The Crucible, John Proctor is the Villain flips the script on an American classic with a fresh new perspective that asks who the hero really is - “after watching it, you will never view ‘The Crucible’ in the same way again.” (Washington Post).

The History of John Proctor is the Villain

John Proctor is the Villain premiered in Washington DC in 2022. Following a further successful professional staging in Boston, the show made its Broadway debut in 2025, starring Stranger Things starSadie Sink, and took an unusual path to New York - previously having been licensed for almost 100 non-professional productions, at high schools and colleges beforehand. The show’s Broadway premiere was a smash hit and earned seven Tony nominations. In 2025, a film adaptation, co-produced by Sadie Sink and Tina Fey, was greenlit, with Bellflower adapting her own script. This revival marks the show’s European debut. 

The Cast of John Proctor is the Villain

Casting for this production is to be announced. 

The Creative Team of John Proctor is the Villain

John Proctor is the Villain is written by American playwright and educator Kimberley Belflower. Bellflower is a Tony nominee and Drama Desk winner. Her other credits include Teen Girl FANtasies, Gondal, and The Sky Game. The 2025 production of John Proctor is the Villain marked her Broadway debut, and now the play receives its European premiere.

Tony winner Danya Taymor directs, fresh from a Tony-nominated run directing the show on Broadway. Taymor is an American director, and her credits include The Outsiders the Musical, Daddy, Familiar and Pass Over.

Tickets for John Proctor is the Villain at the Royal Court Theatre

An American classic gets seen in a fresh new light in this feel-good, funny and moving play by one of America’s hottest young playwrights. Stay in everyone’s good books and get tickets for this “smart and snappy high school comedy” (Guardian). Book today for John Proctor is the Villain at the Royal Court Theatre.