Playwright and performer Tim Crouch is a rule breaker. His plays include My Arm, An Oak Tree and The Author. They all reject theatrical convention and invite the audience to help create the work. He talks to RTÉ Arena above.
His new play, which he is bringing to the Dublin Theatre Festival, is Truth's a Dog Must to Kennel. The title is from a retort made by the Fool in King Lear when the King threatens his fool with the whip.
This is the starting point of the play when the lone actor on stage invites his audience to observe the audience at a production of King Lear. In true Tim Crouch fashion, the audience must do a lot of the work for themselves.
Truth's a Dog Must to Kennel is at Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin, from 10th – 14th Oct 2023. Listen to more from RTÉ Arena here.
