{"id":1479,"date":"2014-02-11T11:53:49","date_gmt":"2014-02-11T11:53:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/?p=1479"},"modified":"2014-02-11T11:53:49","modified_gmt":"2014-02-11T11:53:49","slug":"1479","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2014\/02\/11\/1479\/","title":{"rendered":"Tim Crouch brings Shakespeare to Cardiff youths"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_1485\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1485\" style=\"width: 212px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/tim-crouch.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1485 \" alt=\"tim crouch\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/tim-crouch-212x300.jpg\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1485\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1485 \" alt=\"tim crouch\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/tim-crouch-212x300.jpg\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> I, Peaseblossom and I, Caliban<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nTwo of Tim Crouch\u2019s plays I, Peaseblossom and I, Caliban arrive at the Sherman Theatre next month, introducing new and young audiences to the worlds of Shakespeare\u2019s Midsummer Night\u2019s Dream and The Tempest.<br \/>\nThe playwright might be fifty this year but there is something surprisingly childlike about his passionate enthusiasm for Youth Theatre. \u201cI still have a little ten year old Tim Crouch in me somewhere. I\u2019m not a different person- he\u2019s still there.\u201d Presented by Company of Angels I, Peaseblossom and I, Caliban tell the story of the famous fairy and a monster from classic Shakespeare mythology.<br \/>\n\u201cI always felt acutely for poor old Caliban.\u201d Tim says. \u201cHe\u2019s an outsider; he\u2019s excluded. That would be the same with Peaseblossom.\u201d Tim explains that characters were chosen for their potential to attract sympathy from young audiences. \u201cI like the marginalised. I think that in the great narrative of those plays there are these two essential characters. I can see a real connection between them and a younger audience. \u201cI wanted both characters a chance to have their say.\u201d<br \/>\nWhile aimed at children, Tim hopes his original take on Shakespeare will also make adults feel a little younger at heart. \u201cI want to connect audiences with their inner 10 year old. Peaseblossom and Caliban definitely do that.\u201d Though Tim has rapidly established himself as one of the champions of youth theatre, it wasn\u2019t so long ago that he was an associate at the education department for the National Theatre, in which he introduced school children to classic theatre.<br \/>\nOriginally from Bognor Regis, Tim originally intended to star in plays, not to write and direct them. Tim described his first taste of big theatre when at 29 he first attended drama school in London. \u201cI thought I ought to go to London and get some of it rubbed off on me. I wanted to become a proper actor but I soon discovered there is no such thing.\u201d<br \/>\n<iframe class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" title=\"Caliban by attic\" width=\"1200\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"about:blank\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F133449080&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxwidth=1200&#038;maxheight=1000&#038;dnt=1\"><\/iframe><noscript><iframe title=\"Caliban by attic\" width=\"1200\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F133449080&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxwidth=1200&#038;maxheight=1000&#038;dnt=1\"><\/iframe><\/noscript><br \/>\nBut when he turned to writing, his teaching experience came in handy. He found it easier to write for and understand young audiences. \u201c Inviting young people to feel like they have an ownership on those difficult classical texts is very important to me.\u201d But youth theatre is under threat, both in Cardiff and across Wales as cash-strapped councils are forced to severely cut arts funding in order balance their budgets. Last October Cardiff Council announced that the Sherman could lose the entirety of its \u00a3161,001 grant next year.<br \/>\nBut Tim is confident that there will always be a need for youth theatre provision. \u201cYouth theatre is an art form that needs to be fought for. I don\u2019t think its an art form that will die. It\u2019s a mission to get people in but once you get people there it\u2019s a huge thrill and it isn\u2019t one you\u2019d get in front of an Xbox 360.\u201d I, Caliban and I, Peaseblossom will be showing at the Sherman Theatre from March 4-7.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two of Tim Crouch\u2019s plays I, Peaseblossom and I, Caliban arrive at the Sherman Theatre next month, introducing new and young audiences to the worlds of Shakespeare\u2019s Midsummer Night\u2019s Dream and The Tempest. The playwright might be fifty this year but there is something surprisingly childlike about his passionate enthusiasm for Youth Theatre. \u201cI still have a little ten year old Tim Crouch in me somewhere. 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