Tim Crouch: Truth’s a Dog Must to Kennel review – virtual King Lear

Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh
Using a VR headset and an empty stage, Tim Crouch puts his audience at one remove from the Shakespeare play to comment on the world and theatre itself

On the back wall there is a notice saying: Please rinse and sanitise." Over to the right a poster from Equity, the union for performers and creative practitioners, talks about creating safe spaces". It includes the number for a harassment helpline. There is no decor and the house lights are up. It's just this," says Tim Crouch on his empty stage. It's just us."

Or just us and the virtual reality headset the writer and actor insists on wearing. The gizmo is his portal to another theatre, one grander and more ornate than our own, where a production of King Lear is at its midway point.

At the Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh, until 28 August.

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