Tim Crouch Quotations

A mental shutdown can happen when a young person is put in front of a Shakespeare play. My pieces are designed to release young audiences into the story and then creep up with the real Shakespeare, almost by stealth.

To have a sense of contemporary ownership of Shakespeare is the most important thing to his work.

There is a satire that exists in 'My Arm,' but there is also an honoring of some of the stronger ideas that I've raided from visual art.

It's important to find characters that share sympathy with a young audience, not just in the story but their role in the world.

It's important for me, politically, to see that theater isn't just about the powerful.

In 'Malvolio,' the audience laugh at me, and I use that laughter to crack open the question as to why they are laughing.

I'm on a mission to make people aware that I'm not a solo artist. I'm sometimes challenged by the branding of Tim Crouch.

I'm excited about the idea of an act of theatre triggering a parallel creative act of writing.

I don't want real life necessarily to be seen only as a context to heighten the deepness my work.

Theatre can be so patronising. So often, it's just proselytising for the theatre.