The Young Vic has announced more guest stars for Tim Crouch’s An Oak Tree at The Young Vic, including David Tennant.
An Oak Tree is playing at The Young Vic in London from 6 to 24 May 2025.
Written, performed and co-directed by Tim Crouch, the play features a different guest artist in every performance, who has neither seen nor read the play before.
New guest stars announced today include David Tennant (Macbeth, Doctor Who), Lorraine Ashbourne (Sherwood), Alfred Enoch (How to Get Away with Murder), Eddie Marsan (Back to Black), Nina Sosanya (Teachers), and Meera Syal (The Kumars at No. 42), each of whom will perform opposite Tim Crouch during the 20th anniversary run of the show.
They are joined by Adjoa Andoh (Bridgerton, Richard II), Jessie Buckley (The Lost Daughter, Cabaret), Arthur Darvill (Broadchurch, Oklahoma!), Mark Gatiss (The League of Gentlemen, The Motive and the Cue), Julie Hesmondhalgh (Mr Bates vs The Post Office, Punch), Alex Lawther (The End of the F***ing World, Black Mirror), Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù (Gangs of London, Slow Horses), Michelle Terry (Tribes, Three Sisters), Luke Thompson (Bridgerton, A Little Life), Russell Tovey (Being Human, American Horror Story: NYC) and Indira Varma (Game of Thrones, Oedipus).
In every performance, a different guest artist steps into the unknown, having never seen, read or rehearsed the play before, and who will only perform it once during the run. Each guest artist will only be revealed to audiences live on the night, as they join Tim on stage.
Written, performed and co-directed by award-winning theatre maker, writer, actor and director Tim Crouch, this bold, absurdly comic, and profoundly moving story of loss, suggestion, and the power of the mind pioneered the idea of the theatrical ‘cold-read’ and has significantly influenced other artists that have gone on to explore this form.
Since its premiere in 2005, over 350 different guest artists including Frances McDormand, Geoffrey Rush, Sharon D Clarke, Alanis Morissette, Sophie Okonedo and Peter Dinklage have appeared in the play in 19 different countries from Lithuania, Argentina and the UK to Hong Kong, Australia and the USA.
An Oak Tree is directed by Tim Crouch, Karl James and Andy Smith, and the play features music by Peter Gill.
An Oak Tree is presented by Francesca Moody Productions, the Olivier Award-winning producers of Fleabag and Baby Reindeer, in association with the Young Vic in the groundbreaking play’s 20th anniversary year.
Francesca Moody Productions’ forthcoming shows include My Master Builder starring Ewan McGregor, Elizabeth Debicki & Kate Fleetwood at the Wyndham’s Theatre, and How to Win Against History at the Bristol Old Vic.
An Oak Tree is running at the Young Vic in London from 6 to 24 May 2025.
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