Writer & Performer Tim Crouch Brings Two Shows To ICA, Performs November 13-15

British writer/performer Tim Crouch will bring two pieces to Boston's Institute of Contemporary Art this fall; ENGLAND, which performs November 13-15), and MY ARM, a solo show which will perform November 14.

ENGLAND will perform November 13-15. The piece is is written by Tim Crouch, and performed by Crouch & Hannah Ringham.

Forget thoughts of skinheads or nostalgia, England is about an empire of a different kind-one of transmigrations and transplantations. It's the story of one thing placed inside another: a heart inside another person's body, a culture inside another country's culture, theater inside a gallery, a character inside an actor, a play inside its audience.

A play created specifically for gallery spaces, England involves two actors addressing the audience, like guides at an exhibit, as the narrative unfolds in reference to the art around them.

It's a tour through space and across borders-from an art gallery to a jam factory, from Boston to Osaka, from a hospital bed to a hotel room. It's a tour to the end of the world.

Note: the audience will be standing for half the piece.

News from nowhere, a British theater ensemble, produces works by Tim Crouch, who is fast developing a reputation as one of Europe's most daring writers and performers.

England is funded in part by the Expeditions program of the New England Foundation for the Arts, made possible with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts, with additional support from the six New England state arts agencies.

ENGLAND performance schedule:
Friday, November 13, 7:30 pm
Saturday and Sunday, November 14-15, 2 pm

Tickets are $20 general admission; $15 members, students, and seniors (Very limited seating). Tickets go on sale to Associate level members and above August 14; general sales begin August 28.

MY ARM will perform Saturday, November 14, 8 pm. The piece is written and performed by Tim Crouch.

"Crouch uses the power of suggestion to create a gloriously improbable yet terribly believable piece...A small gem." - The Evening Standard

My Arm is the award-winning story of a man who has lived for 30 years with one arm above his head. In that process he's become a celebrated medical specimen and an icon of the New York art scene. His story is told through a combination of live performance, digital film, and the animation of everyday objects supplied by the audience before each performance. My Arm is an extraordinary piece of theater about modern art, bloody-mindedness, and how the things we do when we're ten stick with us for life.

News from nowhere, a British theater ensemble, produces works by Tim Crouch, who is fast developing a reputation as one of Europe's most daring writers and performers.

$20 reserved seating; $15 members, students, and seniors
Tickets go on sale to Associate level members and above August 14; general sales begin August 28.

For more information and to purchase tickets, call 617-478-3103 or visit www.icaboston.org.

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