Tim Crouch’s An Oak Tree announces 20th Anniversary run at Young Vic

22 Jan

Written, performed and co-directed by Tim Crouch; An Oak Tree features a different guest artist in every performance, who has neither seen or read the play before they step on the stage.

An Oak Tree is being presented by Francesca Moody Productions, the Olivier Award-winning producers behind Fleabag and Baby Reindeer. It will be running at the Young Vic from 6 - 17 May 2025.

When I say sleep, you’re free again.

A father loses his daughter in a car accident. The driver of the car that killed her is a stage hypnotist. The two men meet for the first time when the father volunteers for the hypnotist’s act. What follows is a live theatrical experience like no other - a bold and absurdly comic story of loss, suggestion and the power of the mind.

Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù (Gangs of London, Slow Horses), Michelle Terry (Tribes, The Cafe), Luke Thompson (Bridgerton, A Little Life), Russell Tovey (Being Human, American Horror Story: NYC) and Indira Varma (Game of Thrones, Present Laughter) are the first to be announced of 15 different guest artists who will each take to the Young Vic stage on a different date, to perform alongside Tim who returns to star in the production in its 20th anniversary year. Each guest artist will only be revealed to audiences live on the night, as they join Tim on stage. The remaining artists are to be announced in the coming weeks.