An Oak Tree

An Oak Tree is a theatre piece by Tim Crouch in which a father whose daughter died in a car accident meets the driver, a stage hypnotist, during a live hypnosis act at The Other Palace in London.

Tim Crouch's An Oak Tree centres on a father who has lost his daughter in a road accident. The man at the wheel was a stage hypnotist, and when the father volunteers for that hypnotist's act, the two men face each other for the first time since the crash. The production mixes grief with dark comedy and explores loss, suggestion and the power of the mind. The phrase 'When I say sleep'is central to the hypnotist's routine and runs through the story.

Each staging brings in a new group of co-stars who read the script for the first time on stage, so every performance is shaped by performers approaching the text without rehearsal of the words in advance. The production has previously been performed with other casts.

The show is presented by the producers behind Fleabag, Baby Reindeer and Weather Girl, who have won the Olivier Award. It is staged at The Other Palace, a London venue that hosts a range of live performances, and this production is one of its theatre offerings on this visit to London.