An Oak Tree
A rare chance to see Tim Crouch's ground-breaking classic.
When it opened in 2005, An Oak Tree changed the rules of the game, bringing into the action a guest actor who hasn’t seen or read the play. Previous guests include David Tennant, Jessie Buckley, Frances McDormand, F Murray Abraham, Russell Tovey, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Meera Syal and many more.
When I say sleep, you’re free again.
Tim Crouch plays a hypnotist, the guest actor plays a father. The father loses his daughter in a car accident, the hypnotist was driving the car. The two meet when the father volunteers for the hypnotist's act and what unfolds is a bold and absurdly comic play about loss, suggestion and the power of the mind.
No two shows are the same, with a new guest revealed each night.
'a theatrical wonder’The Guardian
’… a beautiful landmark of experimental theatre. A clever thing, a funny thing, renewed every night, and every night incredibly poignant.’Time Out
‘Like nothing you’ve ever seen before and is impossible to describe without spoiling everything in it that will have you riveted to your seat, palms sweating.’Melbourne Age
Credits
AN OAK TREE by Tim Crouch
Directed by Tim Crouch, Karl James and Andy Smith
Performed by Tim Crouch and a different second actor at each performance
Music by Pete Gill
Piano by Simon Crane
