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" Even with the success of 'Once,' I can't think about making theater straight for Broadway. Too nerve-racking. "
John Tiffany
Success
Think
Broadway
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" When I sold my flat in Glasgow, I bought a little cottage on the North Yorkshire coast. Whenever we go up from London to stay there, I'm just like, 'I'm home! I'm home in Bronte-land!' "
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" In theatre, previews are the first draft of a show. I strongly believe that. The only way we can truly tell whether that draft works is by having an audience present. "
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" I love singing, and I used to perform quite a lot, but now, as a director, you just tend to watch other people perform and tell them what to do. "
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" One of my favorite things to read in the 'Observer' is the restaurant review by Jay Rayner. I love reading about these restaurants that I won't ever have the time to go to. "
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" I suppose the key for me is about opening up experiences and untold stories to audiences. "
John Tiffany
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" I studied theatre at Glasgow University and then was lucky enough to land a scholarship with a theatre group in Edinburgh. "
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" How do we compete with the 3D superscreens at the cineplex? We just make it better - because theatre is better because it's live. Instead of trying to be like the poor cousin, we need to accept that we're the king. "
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Trying
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" A first preview is not exactly a pleasant experience for directors and actors. You're never as raw as when the audience first comes in. "
John Tiffany
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Audience
Experience
" Theatre is a living organism. You only know if your show is working when you see it with an audience. You can also tell when it isn't working - it's horrible, and you desperately try to figure out how to make it connect. "
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Living
" I'm a sucker for emotionally exploitative cello. "
John Tiffany
Sucker
Exploitative
Cello
" When I realised, on 'The Straits,' that physical work in the theatre takes much longer than directing scenes, it was like a eureka moment. If you want to work physically, you have to accommodate it, and it takes a disproportionate amount of time. "
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" I was obsessed with theatre and loving the work of Caryl Churchill, Edward Bond, Howard Brenton, and Howard Barker, people doing real formal experimentation. But 'Road' was the first time I'd read a play written in a very true Northern dialect that seemed to have that excitement running through it. "
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People
Work
Bond
" The power of imagination is infinite. "
John Tiffany
Power
Imagination
Infinite
" The more everything gets digitalised, the more precious the live experience of going to the theatre is. "
John Tiffany
Theatre
Precious
Live
" I worked on new plays at the Traverse and did my best work in Scotland for years, so I never had ambitions for things like Disney. "
John Tiffany
Years
Work
Never
" We never want to update 'Black Watch,' because it's about a moment in time, and through that moment, it manages to speak about Afghanistan and all other wars. This play is 'about' Iraq, but it's actually about every war that's ever been or will ever be. "
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Moment
Time
Black
" Usually, in theatre, you're adapting existing material or creating an entirely new play. With the 'Cursed Child,' we have been given the unique opportunity to explore some of the most cherished books and beloved characters ever written, yet work with J. K. Rowling to tell a story from that world that no one yet knows - it's exhilarating. "
John Tiffany
Opportunity
Child
World
" I looked into putting 'Doctor' on my license. But the insurance premium is higher, so I don't think I'll bother. "
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Insurance
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" Broadway is full of crazy people. "
John Tiffany
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Broadway
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" I don't think that just because people will pay a certain amount for a ticket that it's all right to charge it. "
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" The physicality of a production needs evolution and breath. "
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" I've never understood why anyone would want to join the army, but that's irrelevant. The fact of the matter is that, as long as we go on voting in governments who are prepared to take troops into an illegal war, that army is a necessity. "
John Tiffany
Long
Want
Army
" I hate rules. I hate 'This is the way things are done'. I hate a lack of reinvention. I hate theatre as an archeological exercise. Theatre needs to be urgent. "
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Done
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Rules
" Some actors just have a quality, a way of combining music and character and story, where everything just falls into place. "
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" It couldn't interest me less, the idea of putting a living room on stage. I just think, what's the point of walking into a theater to see a living room? A sofa in a forest? Now you're talking. "
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Forest
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" The only thing I fear is when people say, 'I should go to the theatre more.' I say, 'We should create work that makes you not have a choice.' "
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" We just don't need any more 'Macbeth's in the world, however brilliant mine might turn out to be. "
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Brilliant
Mine
" Austerity has led us to a terrible philosophy where we think we've got to cut back on everything that's 'frippery', like the arts. "
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" In film, if you've got to do a scene in a swimming pool, you do a scene in a swimming pool. If you've got to blow up a car, you blow up a car. In theater, you can't do that, and therefore, you have the opportunity to engage the audience's imagination in a way that's rich. "
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