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Francesca Moody Productions has announced initial casting for Tim Crouch’s acclaimed theatrical experiment An Oak Tree, which will play at The Other Palace this autumn Running from 5 October to 15 November 2026, the production stars Crouch alongside a different guest performer at every performance, with the newly announced line-up including Hammed Animashaun, Bessie Carter, Rosalie Craig, Sacha Dhawan, George Fouracres, Clare Perkins, Tom Mothersdale and Gemma Whelan. Since its world premiere in 2005, An Oak Tree has become one of the most influential experimental plays of the 21st century. Its unique premise sees Crouch perform with a guest actor who arrives without having read or rehearsed the play, creating a completely different theatrical experience each night. More than 350 performers have taken on the challenge over the past two decades, including Frances McDormand, Geoffrey Rush, Peter Dinklage, David Tennant, Jessie Buckley, Russell Tovey, Indira Varma, Mark Gatiss, Christopher Eccleston, Meera Syal, Adjoa Andoh, Eddie Marsan, Alfred Enoch, Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù, Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Michelle Terry. The production forms part of Francesca Moody Productions’ new season at The Other Palace, which brings together three productions that originated at the Edinburgh Fringe before achieving international success. Also joining the season are Garry Starr: Classic Penguins, running from 22 October 2026 to 3 January 2027, and the dark comedy Feeling Afraid As If Something Terrible Is Going to Happen, playing from 19 November 2026 to 10 January 2027. Classic Penguins, created by Damien Warren-Smith and performed by Garry Starr, sees the anarchic comedian attempt to save literature from extinction by performing every Penguin Classic ever written – mostly naked and with flippers. Meanwhile, Feeling Afraid As If Something Terrible Is Going to Happen, written by Marcelo Dos Santos, directed by Matthew Xia and starring Steven Webb, follows a 36-year-old comedian whose anxiety takes a deeply unsettling turn when he declares: “I’m 36, I’m a comedian, and I’m about to kill my boyfriend…”