ABOUT THE SHOW
When I say sleep, you’re free again.
A rare chance to see the play that shaped a theatre landscape. When it opened in 2005 Tim Crouch’s An Oak Tree changed the rules of the game, bringing into the centre of its action an actor who has neither seen nor read the play.
In a performance of controlled virtuosity, the playwright guides that actor through a story of loss, suggestion and the power of the mind.
No two shows are the same. Each ‘vividly celebrates the live, raw, communal experience of theatre’ (Financial Times). This is an audience experience like no other.
CAST AND CREATIVE TEAM
Directors: Tim Crouch, Karl James and Andy Smith
Performed by Tim Crouch and a different second actor at each performance
Music: Pete Gill
Piano: Simon Crane
Producer: Francesca Moody Productions
PRESS
“It is like watching your own heart being mugged.” ★★★★ The Guardian
“Its brilliance is unfettered and inexplicably moving.”
LA Weekly
“A masterclass in acting.”
LA Times
“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
“Nobody does it quite like Tim Crouch. Pirandello for a modern audience and better.”
The Independent
Performance Info
Jersey Arts Centre
28th February 2024
Festival International Bergen, Norway
24th – 25th May 2024
