An Oak Tree

The Obie award winning play by Tim Crouch

7.30pm on 8th, 9th and 10th June 2023, Wickham Theatre

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.

Through the life of the play Tim has worked with some of the great actors in the world – from Frances McDormand to F Murray Abraham, from Sophie Okonedo to Laurie Anderson, from Geoffrey Rush to Peter Dinklage. 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.

 

To purchase a ticket for this event, please visit the University of Bristol Online Shop.

 

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

A masterclass in acting.

LA Times

It is like watching your own heart being mugged.

The Guardian

Its brilliance is unfettered and inexplicably moving.

LA Times
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