'The Author' is subtly unflinching in its satirical attack on certain practices in the creation of art and the mediation of violence.
Unease is not an emotion I get often in the theatre, and I like it.
I'm attracted to the underrated characters.
A mental shutdown can happen when a young person is put in front of a Shakespeare play. My pieces are designed to release young audiences into the story and then creep up with the real Shakespeare, almost by stealth.
'The Author' is a play about responsibility, how active we are as spectators and how responsible we are for what we choose to look at.
Theatre critics have no special access to the truth. And there should be no objective truth to art.
