Tim Crouch

“Theatre critics have no special access to the truth. And there should be no objective truth to art.”

“In many respects, theater is still grappling with problems of reality and representation that the visual art movement realized were unimportant many years ago.”

“'The Author' is subtly unflinching in its satirical attack on certain practices in the creation of art and the mediation of violence.”

“'Malvolio' is the one show of mine that will not die. I've performed it more than 200 times all over the place.”

“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.”

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

“Children and teenagers don't easily relate to stories about kings and dukes, and to tell only stories about kings and dukes is to ignore the regular people.”

“Anything one can do to provoke and inspire an interest in the works of Shakespeare in a young audience is fair game. Anything.”