The Fool leaves King Lear before the blinding. Before the ice-creams in the interval. In this new solo work, Tim Crouch draws on ideas of virtual reality to send him back to the future of the play he left. Back to a world laid waste by division and trauma; a world where the revolution will take place on a screen.
Truth’s a Dog Must to Kennel is a daringly unaccommodated piece of theatre that switches between scathingly funny stand-up and an audacious act of collective imagining. It’s a celebration of live performance and a skewering of the state we’re in now.
King Lear meets stand-up meets the metaverse.
Truth’s a Dog Must to Kennel is a Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh production.
Cast & Creative Team
Written and Performed by Tim Crouch
Co-directed by Karl James and Andy Smith
Sound design & composition by Pippa Murphy
Lighting Design by Laura Hopkins
Winner of the Scotsman Fringe First Award (2022)
- Lima (11-12 June 2024)
- Venice (26-27 June 2024)
- Dublin (10-14 October 2023)
- Bucharest (26-27 October 2023)
- Lancaster (15 November 2023)
- Manchester (16 November 2023)
- Brighton (31 Jan – 1 Feb 2024)
- Hong Kong (6 – 9 March 2024)
- Bristol (17-19 May 2024)
- Bergen (26-27 May 2024)
