reviews: an oak tree

Soho Theatre, London 2007

"(the play) raises questions about the mind’s ability to impose meaning on the physical world. It is philosophy in motion, if you like. You could write a thesis about it, and people probably will. But what is most amazing is that this piece, by drawing attention to its own artifice, vividly celebrates the live, raw, communal experience of theatre and the mutual give and take between actors and audience."
FINANCIAL TIMES
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"It is like watching your own heart being mugged. You know exactly how it is happening, but you still can't prevent it. On a good night, you will leave the theatre the same, but different."
THE GUARDIAN
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"This is a pretentious, self-admiring, pseudo-intellectual model. Some people will do anything to avoid writing a real play, possibly because they’re not sure they can."
THE SUNDAY TIMES
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Barrow Street Theatre, New York, winter 2006

""An Oak Tree" is a fascinating slice of unconventional theater that will keepthe audience intrigued long after the final curtain...When Crouch and his guest get deeply into it ...the puzzle becomes more than tantalizing. Different, unusual and unexpected, "An Oak Tree" is an intriguing tightrope-walk of a play"
VARIETY MAGAZINE
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"One of the most exhilarating workouts in the city isn't to be found in any gym or Spinning class. Instead, it can be found at the Barrow Street Theater, where Tim Crouch's one of a kind production, An Oak Tree, is moving audiences and enlightening acting students all at once."
OFFOFFONLINE.COM
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• Read Tim Crouch's Guardian article about his experiences.
• Read Brian Logan's Times article about his experience of being the second actor.
• Read Caridad Svich's Brooklyn Rail Article.

 

Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, August 2005

some critical feedback

" ...I would call this Pirandello for a modern audience and better. It's philosophy in action, playful and seriously thought-provoking."
INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY
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"Crouch's brilliant, wayward show...has an incredible emotional pungency"
THE GUARDIAN
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"Like My Arm before it, Tim Crouch's new work is an elusive, humane, luminously strange tale told by a consummate storyteller. Run, don't walk, to see it"
WWW.EDINBURGHGUIDE.COM
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"Absolutely fucking fantastic!!!"
THE OBSERVER

"It's mind blowing - for the actors and the audience"
THE HERALD

 

read the reviews for my arm

an oak tree is available for touring. For details, contact Tim Crouch or phone 07966 184491.