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"Sell out warning! Extraordinary feats of solo performance for Mayfest! Experimental theatre maverick Tim Crouch invites us into a voyeuristic and dystopian VR production of King Lear that only he can see, shaking the very nature of performance along the way."
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A event on Friday 17th May. The event starts at 19:30.
Truth’s a Dog Must to Kennel is a Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh production. Written and performed by Tim Crouch.
The Fool leaves King Lear before the blinding. Before the ice-creams in the interval. In this new solo work, Tim Crouch draws on ideas of virtual reality to send him back to the future of the play he left. Back to a world laid waste by division and trauma; a world where the revolution will take place on a screen.
Truth’s a Dog Must to Kennel is a daringly unaccommodated piece of theatre that switches between scathingly funny stand-up and an audacious act of collective imagining. It’s a celebration of live performance and a skewering of the state we’re in now.
King Lear meets stand-up meets the metaverse.
‘hymn to humanity… to call it thought-provoking would be a criminal understatement’ All Edinburgh Theatre
‘An act of imagination in a world undone’ ★★★★ The Stage
★★★★ The Guardian ★★★★ Telegraph
★★★★ Financial Times ★★★★ Arts Desk
‘Crouch is a master storyteller for our times’ ★★★★★ The Scotsman
‘One of the most important writers and theatre makers in the UK’ The Stage
This is not a VR show
Truth’s a Dog Must to Kennel is a Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh production. Written and performed by Tim Crouch.
Age: 14+
Duration: 70 minutes, no interval
ACCESS INFORMATION
British Sign Language
The performance on Saturday 18th May at 2.00pm will have British Sign Language (BSL) interpretation provided by Sue MacLaine.
Content guidance
- Contains strong language and adult themes
- There will be loud music
- Descriptions of violent ableism
Venue Information
This performance takes place on the Factory Theatre stage at The Tobacco Factory Theatre, Bristol. You can find further information about the venue on their website:
https://tobaccofactorytheatres.com/access/
This performance is part of Mayfest: Bristol's international festival of contemporary theatre and live performance, curated and produced by MAYK. Check out the full programme at https://www.mayk.org.uk/mayfest, @mayfestbristol
"Tim has a long association with Bristol where he continues to delight audiences and defy expectations in equal measure. We’re so chuffed he’s returning to Mayfest with this shape shifting explosion of rage and remembering, laughter and imagining. What a wonder." Kate & Matthew, co-directors, MAYK
Credits
Truth’s a Dog Must to Kennel is a Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh production
Cast & Creative Team
Written and Performed by Tim Crouch
Co-directed by Karl James and Andy Smith
Sound design & composition by Pippa Murphy
Lighting Design by Laura Hopkins
About
Tim Crouch is an Obie-award winning writer and theatre-maker. His plays include ‘My Arm’, ‘An Oak Tree’, ‘ENGLAND (a play for galleries)’, ‘The Author’, ‘I, Malvolio’, ‘Adler & Gibb’, ‘Beginners’, ‘Total Immediate Collective Imminent Terrestrial Salvation’ and (with Andy Smith) ‘what happens to the hope at the end of the evening’. Directing credits include ‘House Mother Normal’ (New Perspectives and Brighton Festival), ‘I, Cinna (the poet)’, ‘The Taming of the Shrew’, and ‘King Lear’ (RSC), ‘PEAT’, (Ark, Dublin) ‘Jeramee’, ‘Hartleby and Oooglemore’ and ‘Beginners’ (Unicorn Theatre) and ‘The Complete Deaths’ (Spymonkey). Tim created and co-wrote ‘Don’t Forget the Driver’, a six-part series for BBC2 which won Best TV Comedy at the Venice TV awards, 2019. Truth’s a Dog Must to Kennel won a Fringe First award for its 2022 Edinburgh run.
www.timcrouchtheatre.co.uk
X/Twitter: @thistimcrouch / https://twitter.com/thistimcrouch
X/Twitter: @lyceumtheatre / https://twitter.com/lyceumedinburgh
Instagram: @thistimcrouch / https://www.instagram.com/thistimcrouch/
Instagram: @lyceumedinburgh / https://www.instagram.com/lyceumedinburgh/
#Mayfest
@mayfestbristol
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mayfestbristol
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mayfestbristol/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/mayfestbristol
Entry requirements: 14+
The Fool leaves King Lear before the blinding. Before the ice-creams in the interval. In this new solo work, Tim Crouch draws on ideas of virtual reality to send him back to the future of the play he left. Back to a world laid waste by division and trauma; a world where the revolution will take place on a screen.
Truth’s a Dog Must to Kennel is a daringly unaccommodated piece of theatre that switches between scathingly funny stand-up and an audacious act of collective imagining. It’s a celebration of live performance and a skewering of the state we’re in now.
King Lear meets stand-up meets the metaverse.
‘hymn to humanity… to call it thought-provoking would be a criminal understatement’ All Edinburgh Theatre
‘An act of imagination in a world undone’ ★★★★ The Stage
★★★★ The Guardian ★★★★ Telegraph
★★★★ Financial Times ★★★★ Arts Desk
‘Crouch is a master storyteller for our times’ ★★★★★ The Scotsman
‘One of the most important writers and theatre makers in the UK’ The Stage
This is not a VR show
Truth’s a Dog Must to Kennel is a Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh production. Written and performed by Tim Crouch.
Age: 14+
Duration: 70 minutes, no interval
ACCESS INFORMATION
British Sign Language
The performance on Saturday 18th May at 2.00pm will have British Sign Language (BSL) interpretation provided by Sue MacLaine.
Content guidance
- Contains strong language and adult themes
- There will be loud music
- Descriptions of violent ableism
Venue Information
This performance takes place on the Factory Theatre stage at The Tobacco Factory Theatre, Bristol. You can find further information about the venue on their website:
https://tobaccofactorytheatres.com/access/
This performance is part of Mayfest: Bristol's international festival of contemporary theatre and live performance, curated and produced by MAYK. Check out the full programme at https://www.mayk.org.uk/mayfest, @mayfestbristol
"Tim has a long association with Bristol where he continues to delight audiences and defy expectations in equal measure. We’re so chuffed he’s returning to Mayfest with this shape shifting explosion of rage and remembering, laughter and imagining. What a wonder." Kate & Matthew, co-directors, MAYK
Credits
Truth’s a Dog Must to Kennel is a Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh production
Cast & Creative Team
Written and Performed by Tim Crouch
Co-directed by Karl James and Andy Smith
Sound design & composition by Pippa Murphy
Lighting Design by Laura Hopkins
About
Tim Crouch is an Obie-award winning writer and theatre-maker. His plays include ‘My Arm’, ‘An Oak Tree’, ‘ENGLAND (a play for galleries)’, ‘The Author’, ‘I, Malvolio’, ‘Adler & Gibb’, ‘Beginners’, ‘Total Immediate Collective Imminent Terrestrial Salvation’ and (with Andy Smith) ‘what happens to the hope at the end of the evening’. Directing credits include ‘House Mother Normal’ (New Perspectives and Brighton Festival), ‘I, Cinna (the poet)’, ‘The Taming of the Shrew’, and ‘King Lear’ (RSC), ‘PEAT’, (Ark, Dublin) ‘Jeramee’, ‘Hartleby and Oooglemore’ and ‘Beginners’ (Unicorn Theatre) and ‘The Complete Deaths’ (Spymonkey). Tim created and co-wrote ‘Don’t Forget the Driver’, a six-part series for BBC2 which won Best TV Comedy at the Venice TV awards, 2019. Truth’s a Dog Must to Kennel won a Fringe First award for its 2022 Edinburgh run.
www.timcrouchtheatre.co.uk
X/Twitter: @thistimcrouch / https://twitter.com/thistimcrouch
X/Twitter: @lyceumtheatre / https://twitter.com/lyceumedinburgh
Instagram: @thistimcrouch / https://www.instagram.com/thistimcrouch/
Instagram: @lyceumedinburgh / https://www.instagram.com/lyceumedinburgh/
#Mayfest
@mayfestbristol
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mayfestbristol
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mayfestbristol/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/mayfestbristol
Entry requirements: 14+
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