Adrian Lester and Katie Leung join An Oak Tree line-up

Adrian Lester, Katie Leung, Kadiff Kirwan, Aysha Kala and Rosie Sheehy are the latest guest artists set to take the stage in Tim Crouch’s landmark play An Oak Tree. Playing at The Other Palace until 15 November, each guest actor will join Crouch on stage having never seen or read a single word of the play.

Francesca Moody Productions has announced a new slate of guest stars set to appear in Tim’ Crouch’s An Oak Tree at the Other Palace Theatre. In the play’s groundbreaking premise, a different guest artist joins Crouch for every performance, stepping on stage without ever having read or rehearsed the script.

Leading the new line up is Adrian Lester, fresh off his critically acclaimed turn as Cyrano de Bergerac, as well as Aysha Kala, Kadiff Kirwan, Katie Leung and Rosie Sheehy.

They will join a line up that includes previously announced stars like Olivia Williams, Tanya Reynolds, Juliet Stevenson, Reece Shearsmith and Dónal Finn.

The full star line-up for An Oak Tree

The new stars join a hefty list of talent who will take the stage with Tim Crouch. The full line-up includes:

Rosalie Craig (Riot Women, Good Night, Oscar), appearing on 9 October
Olivia Williams (The Crown, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest), appearing on 10 October
Rhashan Stone (Hollington Drive, Ghosts), appearing on 11 October
Clare Perkins (Romeo & Juliet, Player Kings), appearing on 13 October
Tom Mothersdale (A Doll’s House, Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light), appearing on 14 October
Gemma Whelan (Game of Thrones, The Tower), appearing on 15 October
Bessie Carter (Bridgerton, Mrs. Warren’s Profession), appearing on 16 October
Josh Finan (Say Nothing, FX; The Responder, BBC), appearing on 17 October (matinee)
Juliet Stevenson (Truly, Madly, Deeply, The Doctor ), appearing on 18 October
Sean Gilder (Bad Apples, Dear England), appearing on 20 October
Kadiff Kirwan (The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, Slow Horses), appearing on 21 October
Sacha Dhawan (Doctor Who, The Great), appearing on 23 October
Tanya Reynolds (Ted Lasso, 1536), appearing on 24 October (evening)
Sophie Melville (Clarkston, Iphigenia in Splott), appearing on 25 October
Hammed Animashaun (SNL UK, Dealers Choice), appearing on 29 October
Brian Gleeson (Bad Sisters, The Brightening Air), appearing on 30 October
Dónal Finn (Young Sherlock, The Other Bennet Sister), appearing on 1 November
Adrian Lester (Cyrano de Bergerac, Ponies), appearing on 3 November
Hugh Skinner (W1A; Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again), appearing on 4 November
Aysha Kala (The Split Up,Teeth N Smiles), appearing on 5 November
Reece Shearsmith (Inside No. 9, The League of Gentlemen), appearing on 6 November
Rosie Sheehy (Guess How Much I Love You, Machinal), appearing on 7 November
Ria Zmitrowicz (The Doctor, Ilford Boy), appearing on 8 November
George Fouracres (SNL UK, Hamlet), appearing on 10 November
Katie Leung (Bridgerton, The Peripheral), appearing on 12 November
Suranne Jones (Vigil, Doctor Foster), appearing on 15 November

About the play

Since its world premiere in 2005, An Oak Tree has become one of the most influential and widely celebrated plays of the 21st century. It has been performed hundreds of times in more than 19 countries.

More than 350 performers have taken on the challenge of taking a starring role without reading a script or rehearsing, creating a completely unique event every night.

Past guest artists have included Frances McDormand, Geoffrey Rush, Peter Dinklage, Mike Myers, David Tennant, Jessie Buckley, Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Michelle Terry, among many others.

The play itself, written by Tim Crouch, is an exploration of grief, suggestion and the uniquely live experience of performance.