Exciting things are in store for The Author. Watch this space for more details.
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Coming upposted on March 1, 2010
Tim Crouch Radio 4 Playposted on February 8, 2010
Postcards from a Cataclysm, nine short plays about global annihilation, will be broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on Wednesday 10 Feb at 14.15. You can download the individual plays, which are available immediately after broadcast for one week. Tim Crouch wrote one of them. Read More
LA Weekly Articleposted on January 21, 2010
“Welcome to the land of fictions that are both deluded and restorative — removing us from prosaic realities while helping us to find ourselves at the same time. Welcome to the theater.“
Steven Leigh Morris has written a wonderful article about the LA run of an oak tree. Read on…
an oak tree going down a storm in LAposted on January 12, 2010
an oak tree is selling out and getting great reviews. Check the special an oak tree LA website for full details, but here’s a few tasters:
- “Its brilliance is unfettered and inexplicably moving, for being such a head-trip.” (LA Weekly, where it’s a Recommended Event).
- “Crouch’s multilayered play is as much a master class in acting as it is an intriguing meta-theatrical exercise.” (LA Times.)
The play runs until February 14 at the Odyssey Theatre, LA. Some very interesting second actors are being lined up….
an oak tree in LAposted on December 8, 2009
An Oak Tree Opens at The Odyssey Theatre in Los Angeles January 6th-February 14 2010.
Tim Crouch will be appearing in the long-anticipated LA run of an oak tree, along with a different second actor every night. The Los Angeles production has some incredible actors from film, television and theatre lined up. In keeping with the demands of the play, the particular actors who will be appearing will not be announced in advance of the performance.
Are you an actor interested in performing in ANY OAK TREE, or do you know someone who might be? We are always looking for new actors to participate. If you are interested, please contact our casting director, Stephanie Klapper at Klapper Casting.
The Author got some great reviews!posted on October 1, 2009
Missed it? Catch it at the Edinburgh Festival and national tour in 2010. Details will be posted shortly.
“It’s about us, what we see, and what we choose to see…this is a dazzling theatrical experience that lets nobody off the hook, opening our eyes to what should be blindingly obvious: we all have a choice.”
Lyn Gardner in The Guardian
So, farewell then, Whitechapelposted on September 2, 2009
The six week run of ENGLAND at the Whitechapel Gallery has finished. Nearly 2500 people saw the show, performed within an exhibition of work by German artist Isa Genzken. It gathered some fabulous responses:
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look out for The Authorposted on June 17, 2009
Tim Crouch’s next play, The Author, opens at the Royal Court Theatre on 23 September. Directed by Karl James and a smith (co-directors of An Oak Tree and ENGLAND) details can be found here.
ENGLAND on the BBCposted on June 16, 2009
A radio version of ENGLAND was broadcast by the BBC World Service on the weekend of June 13/14.
Directed for radio by Marion Nancarrow, performed by Tim Crouch and Hannah Ringham, with additional performances by Nikki Amuka-Bird and Janis Acquah. Soundtrack by sound designer Dan Jones
London Premiere of ENGLANDposted on February 23, 2009
Whitechapel Gallery, Friday 8 May – Tuesday 16 June 2009
Tickets are on sale now through The National Theatre website, in person at the National Theatre box office, or call 020 7452 3000.
Performances at 7pm and 9pm Friday – Tuesday (not Wednesday or Thursday)
Previews Friday 8 May at 7pm and 9pm, Press performances Tuesday 12 May at 7pm and 9pm
Tickets £15 (£10 concs)
BSL Interpreted performance 7pm Tuesday 9 June.
Audio Description workshop for people wit h visual impairments –5pm Tuesday 2 June.
Visitor Information
Whitechapel Gallery
77 – 82 Whitechapel High Street
London E1 7QX
T: 020 7522 7888
The London premiere is a collaboration between news from nowhere, the Whitechapel Gallery and the National Theatre.
Supported by Arts Council England.
