AN OAK TREE

By Tim Crouch

Presented by Luminato Festival in partnership with TO Live

Saturday, June 14 – Sunday, June 22
Jane Mallett Theatre, St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts

Starting at $59

“This savvy, experimental playwright explores the power of suggestion and the complex, manipulative relationship between storyteller and audience.” 

The New York Times

"Nobody does it quite like Tim Crouch."

The Independent

"Vividly celebrates the live, raw, communal experience of theatre."

Financial Times

"Tim Crouch is a one-in-a century-playwright."

Broadway World

"Magical and miraculously touching."

Broadway World

SUPPORTED BY

Eli and Phil Taylor

The Show

When I say sleep, you're free again... 

In celebration of the work's 20th anniversary, Luminato presents Tim Crouch's groundbreaking An Oak Tree, one of the most influential and hypnotic theatrical experiences of our time. 

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 an entrancing live performance where reality and suggestion blur – a bold and absurdly comic story of loss, transformation, and the power of the mind to reshape our world. 

Each performance creates its own mesmerizing reality as Tim Crouch is joined on stage by a different guest artist, who will have neither seen nor read a word of the play they're in – until they're in it. Like being under hypnosis, no two shows are ever quite the same, even with identical lines, creating a uniquely rejuvenating experience each night.

Since 2005, Tim has performed this spellbinding work globally, sharing the stage with performers including Christopher Eccleston, Mike Myers, David Hyde Pierce, Frances McDormand, Roger Lloyd Pack, Jason Alexander, Joan Allen, and Alan Cumming.

GUEST CAST:  Amanda Cordner (Baroness Von Sketch Show), Allegra Fulton (The Shape of Water), Rebecca Henderson (Russian Doll), Amrit Kaur (HBO’s Sex Lives of College Girls), Qasim Khan (The Inheritance), Luke Kirby (Etoille), Daniel MacIvor (Governor General’s Award), Mark McKinney (Kids in the Hall), Karen Robinson (Schitt’s Creek), and Jean Yoon (Kim’s Convenience)

Content Warning: death of a child; grief; strong language; discussions of suicide; moments of sudden loud music throughout.

Run time:  80 Minutes - No Intermission

Location: Jane Mallett Theatre, St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts

June 20, 7:30 PM - ASL Interpretation

June 21, 2 PM - Relaxed Performance
“Held Spaces” are calm settings hosted by HELD Agency where you can decompress. Each space has a designated “Active Listener” present, who uses a Peer-Based approach to support you through discussing, distracting, and/or de-escalating – whatever you choose and need in the moment.

A Held Space will be available for this show, and the Active Listeners will be present for a conversation until 4PM.

June 22, 2 PM - Audio Description

An Access Guide and Venue Guide are available HERE 

To book seats near the ASL interpreters or reserve an Audio Description device, please contact our Access Concierge service at (437) 776-1569  or access@luminato.com.