Tim Crouch
Writer / Director
Photograph: David Moore
Film, TV & Theatre
Film, TV & Theatre
Tim is a playwright, director and theatre-maker. He was an actor before starting to write and he still performs in much of his work. Plays include Toto Kerblammo! (Unicorn Theatre), Truth’s a Dog Must to Kennel (Lyceum Theatre, tour), Are You a Robot? (Wonder Fools), Superglue (NT Connections), Total Immediate Collective Imminent Terrestrial Salvation (NTS, Royal Court, tour), I, Cinna (the poet) (RSC and Unicorn Theatre), Beginners (Unicorn Theatre), Adler & Gibb (Royal Court, Center Theatre Group, tour), The Author (Royal Court, tour), An Oak Tree (Lyceum Theatre Studio, Traverse Theatre, National Theatre, Off-Broadway, tour), I, Malvolio (Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, Brighton Festival, tour), ENGLAND – a play for galleries (Traverse Theatre/The Fruitmarket Gallery, tour) Shopping for Shoes (National Theatre schools tour) and My Arm (Traverse Theatre, tour).
As a director: House Mother Normal (Brighton Festival), Peat (Ark, Dublin), Toto Kerblammo!, Beginners and Jeramee, Hartleby and Oooglemore (Unicorn Theatre); The Complete Deaths (Spymonkey/Brighton Festival); The Taming of the Shrew, I, Cinna (the poet) and King Lear (RSC).
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. Tim’s adaptation of Italo Calvino’s If on a winters night a traveller for BBC Radio 4 received a special commendation at the 2024 Radio Awards
Tim’s career as an actor included Petruchio, Malvolio, Vanya and Prospero for the Franklin Stage Co, New York; Macbeth (title role, Swan Theatre, Worcester); Light Shining in Buckinghamshire, Rosencrantz and Gulldenstern are Dead, The Good person of Setzuan (National Theatre); Handbag, (ATC, Lyric Hammersmith and tour). Tim was co-founder of Public Parts in Bristol and toured theatre in communities in the South West for 7 years.
Awards include: Off West End Offie (I, Cinna (the poet) & Toto Kerblammo!); Scotsman Fringe First (Truth’s a Dog Must to Kennel); Writers Guild of Great Britain, Best Play for Young Audiences (Beginners); John Whiting Award, Total Theatre Award (The Author); Scotsman Fringe First, Total Theatre & Herald Archangel Awards (ENGLAND); Herald Angel, Off-Broadway Obie (An Oak Tree); Prix Italia for Best Adaptation in Radio Drama (My Arm).
Tim is published by Methuen Books.
In Development
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
THE NEEDLES | House Productions | Television Project with Toby Jones and Bukky Bakray |
STONED APE | RSC | Development Week |
Television
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
DON'T FORGET THE DRIVER 2019 | Sister Pictures / BBC 2 | Creator & co-written 6 x 30' with Toby Jones |
Theatre
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
TOTO KERBLAMMO! 2024 | Unicorn Theatre | Written and Directed by Tim Crouch |
ARE YOU A ROBOT? 2023 | Wonder Fools | Written by Tim Crouch |
I, MALVOLIO 2023 | Sam Wanamaker Playhouse | Written and performed by Tim Crouch |
AN OAK TREE 2023 | Lyceum | Written and performed by Tim Crouch |
TRUTH'S A DOG MUST TO KENNEL 2022 - 2023 | SoHo Playhouse, New York | Written and performed by Tim Crouch |
TRUTH'S A DOG MUST TO KENNEL 2022 | Lyceum | Written and performed by Tim Crouch |
SUPERGLUE 2022 | National Theatre Connections | Written by Tim Crouch |
I, CINNA (THE POET) 2020 | Unicorn Theatre | Written and performed by Tim Crouch |
TOTAL IMMEDIATE COLLECTIVE IMMINENT TERRESTRIAL SALVATION 2019 | National Theatre of Scotland / Royal Court Theatre | Written by Tim Crouch |
PEAT 2019 | The Ark, Dublin | As Director and Dramaturg |
BEGINNERS 2018 | Unicorn Theatre | Original commission written & directed by Tim |
ADLER & GIBB 2017 | Center Theatre Group | American Premiere |
2016 | Spymonkey | Adapted and directed by Tim Crouch |
JERAMEE, HARTLEBY AND OOOGLEMORE 2016 | Unicorn Theatre | By Gary Owen |
AN OAK TREE 2015 | National Theatre | 10 year revival at the National Theatre's Temporary Space |
THE CONSECRATION OF THE BISHOP 2015 | Young Vic: The Clare | Dir. Tara Robinson |
ADLER & GIBB 2014 | Royal Court Theatre / Centre Theatre Group (Los Angeles) | As Writer and Director |
HOST/AN ACT OF UNION 2014 | Nightingale Theatre, Brighton Fringe | |
WHAT HAPPENS TO THE HOPE AT THE END OF THE EVENING 2013 | Almeida Theatre | Co-written with Andy Smith (also with Karl James) |
I, PEASEBLOSSOM / I, CALIBAN 2014 | Company of Angels / UK Tour | Revival of 2011/12 production |
KING LEAR 2012 | Royal Shakespeare Company / UK Tour, The Armory (New York), Ohio State University | As Editor and Director |
I, CINNA (THE POET) 2012 | RSC / Swan Theatre (Stratford-upon-Avon) | As Writer and Director |
CADAVRE EXQUIS 2012 | Kassys, Nature Theatre of Oklahoma, Nicole Beutler/tour | |
MAY 2012 | Probe Projects | As Writer |
FAIRYMONSTERGHOST (2011/12) | Company of Angels / Bristol Old Vic Studio / Tour / Latitude Festival 2011 | Collection of I, PEASEBLOSSOM, I, CALIBAN and I, BANQUO |
THE TAMING OF THE SHREW 2011 | RSC | As Director and Text Editor |
JOHN, ANTONIO AND NANCY 2010 | Royal Court Theatre at the Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre | Short play |
I, MALVOLIO (2010 and ongoing) | Brighton Festival and tour | As Writer and Performer |
THE AUTHOR 2010 | Traverse Theatre (Edinburgh) / UK & International Tour | Directed by Karl James & Andy Smith; tours throughout 2010 - 2011; tour includes Odyssey Theatre, Los Angeles |
THE AUTHOR 2009 | Royal Court Theatre - Jerwood Theatre Upstairs | Directed by Karl James & Andy Smith |
ENGLAND 2007 | Traverse Theatre at The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh / Whitechapel Gallery, London / tour | Directed by Karl James & a smith; Winner of a Fringe First, Herald Archangel and Total Theatre Award |
FAIRYMONSTERGHOST: I, BANQUO / I, PEASEBLOSSOM / I, CALIBAN 2006 | Unicorn Theatre / News From Nowhere / tour | |
KASPAR THE WILD 2006 | Theatre Royal, Plymouth / Theatre Royal, York / Polka Theatre | |
AN OAK TREE (2005 and onwards) | Traverse Theatre / Brighton Dome - Pavilion Theatre / Soho Theatre / tour | Directed by Tim Crouch |
SHOPPING FOR SHOES 2003 | National Theatre Education Department Tour / Visible Fictions | Winner of the 2007 Brian Way Award for Best Children's Play |
MY ARM 2003 | Traverse Theatre / tour |
Radio
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
IF ON A WINTER'S NIGHT A TRAVELLER 2023 | BBC Radio 4 | Adapted by Tim Crouch with Toby Jones from the novel by Italo Calvino |
ENGLAND 2009 | BBC World Service | Dir. Marion Nancarrow |
AN OAK TREE 2007 | BBC World Service | Producer Rosalind Ward |
MY ARM 2004 | BBC Radio 3 | Dir. Toby Swift (with Sound by Chris Dorley-Brown) |
Film
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
2021 | New Perspectives / Brighton Festival | Film adaptation of BS Johnson’s book of the same name |