Stirring Up Sheffield with Tedd George

A conversation with Tedd George, co-author of Stirring Up Sheffield: An Insider’s Account of the Battle to Build the Crucible Theatre

In the 1960s, the English city of Sheffield began work on a new theatre. The Crucible became an important landmark in the development of UK theatre — and a point of contention nationwide. At the center of it all was Colin George, who spearheaded the building of the Crucible and fought for its then-unconventional design.

Colin George’s memoirs of this era appear in a new book, Stirring Up Sheffield: An Insider’s Account of the Battle to Build the Crucible Theatre, co-authored by his son Dr. Edward “Tedd” George — an economist, broadcaster, and writer uniquely placed to help tell the story.