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Crouch in another book

Tim has contributed an article to Out of Silence: Censorship in Theatre & Performance by Caridad Svich.

This collection of essays on the subject of theatre and various forms of censorship gathers in an original and stimulating manner the voices of academics, practitioners and artist-scholars, among them Chantal Bilodeau, Stephen Bottoms, Marvin Carlson, Tim Crouch, Stephen J. Duncombe, Rinde Eckert, Randy Gener, Matthew Goulish, Baz Kershaw, Joanna Laurens, Carl Lavery, Christopher Shinn, and Aleks Sierz. E

dited by playwright, scholar and activist Caridad Svich, Out of Silence is an impassioned volume that focuses not only on governmental censorship, but also on the self-censorship of theatre artists in the process of theatre-making and performance. —

This insightful book should be read by theatre practitioners and administrators, and especially by those who guide the future generations of theatre artists who hopefully will be able to help create a vital theatre.” – Ted Shank

I, Cinna (the Poet)

Tim is writing and directing a new play for the I, Shakespeare series. Commissioned by the RSC, I, Cinna (the Poet) is Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar told through the eyes of a jiggling fool, a lowly poet who is having bad dreams and a man who finds himself in the wrong place at the wrong time.

The play premieres at the Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon from 13 June – 6 July 2012, then tours to schools in the Midlands and Newcastle upon Tyne.  Tim will not be performing in this one.

More details on the RSC website.

 

Crouch to direct Lear for RSC

Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks! Tim is abridging and directing a young people’s Lear for the Royal Shakespeare Company, due to open in September 2012, touring in the UK and New York, where it will be seen by over a million students in the city’s schools, both in live performance and in a filmed version. For more details, see the RSC website.

Crouch goes academic

The current Contemporary Theatre Review, Volume 21, Issue 4, 2011, is a special issue called Forum: Tim Crouch, The Author, and the Audience. Articles are available to preview and buy online, or you can subscribe to the journal here.

Tim Crouch: Plays One

Tim Crouch Plays One

Tim Crouch: Plays One is out! Published by Oberon Books, This lovely volume has the full texts of My Arm, An Oak Tree, ENGLAND and The Author. It also has a foreword by Stephen Bottoms and an afterword by a smith.

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