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welcome to news from nowhere

news from nowhere is based in Brighton UK. The aim is to produce the work of Tim Crouch.

news from nowhere has worked in collaboration with organisations such as the British Council, Harbourfront centre, Toronto, Culturgest, Portugal, Warwick Arts Centre, the National Theatre Mannheim and the National Theatre Education Department (UK).

news from nowhere associates are: Tim Crouch (writer/performer) Karl James and a smith (co-directors) Lisa Wolfe (administrative producer) Chris Umney (technical director).

Read the British Council company profile.

awards

See opposite for the recent awards for ENGLAND.

Tim Crouch won best male actor for his performance in an oak tree at the Brighton Festival 2006. The BBC Radio 3 production of my arm (directed by Toby Swift with sound by Chris Dorley Brown and performed by Tim Crouch and Owen Crouch) has won a coveted Prix Italia for Best Adaptation in the Radio Drama category.

an OBIE for an oak tree

an oak tree has been awarded a prestigious Obie Special Citation following its New York run.


more about the show

 

Brian Way Award for Shopping for Shoes

Tim Crouch has won the Brian Way Award for Young People's playwriting for Shopping for Shoes.

Shopping for Shoes is currently touring in a production by Visible Fictions.

 

 

Tim Crouch in discussion at the Tampere Theatre Festival, Finland. (photo Aivars Liepins).

 

Past touring:

2008

Escena Contemporanea Madrid, Spain; Culturgest, Lisbon, Portugal.

2006/2007

soho theatre, London; Bristol Wickham Theatre; Birmingham Repertory Theatre; Manchester Royal Exchange; Scarborough Stephen Joseph Theatre; Newcastle Northern Stage; Brighton Festival; Nuffield Theatre Lancaster.

PuSh Festival in Vancouver, Canada; The High Performance Rodeo in Calgary, Canada; Intrepid Theatre in Victoria, BC, Canada;Tate Modern; New British Drama Festival, Meyerhold Centre, Moscow; Culturgest Lisbon, Portugal; The Junction, Cambridge; Wesleyan University, Connecticut, USA; Franklin Stage Company, New York; Tampere Festival, Finland; Unicorn Theatre for Children, London; Milan Festival, Italy; Barrow Street Theater, New York; Les Halles de Schaerbeek, Brussels; University of Galway, Ireland; Riocenacontemporanea, Rio, Brazil;

If you are interested in booking an oak tree, please look here.

Booking details for ENGLAND will be posted shortly. In the meantime, please contact Lisa Wolfe for information.