By Ellie Ward As I settled into my seat in TFTV’S black box theatre yesterday evening, I had a flick through the programme that had been carefully placed on my seat. Apparently, David Barnett has a confession to make. He is not a great fan of “The Crucible”, Arthur Miller’s 1953 play. Despite this, or rather, because of this, “The Crucible” is the very piece of theatre that Barnett has chosen to direct as part of his ongoing Brecht in Practise project, supported by actors and

We caught up with Caitlin Burrows and Leo Jarvis mid-rehearsal,to ask about their experience of playing leading roles in this unique, Brechtian production of Woyzeck. Who do you play and you can tell us a little bit about them and their relationship to each other? Leo: I play Woyzeck, the main guy who is completely mental. He’s a soldier in the army and is slowly going insane after the experiments the doctors have done on him. He has quite a stormy relationship with his partn