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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. "

John Tiffany

Theatre

Trying

Better

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John Tiffany

Theatre

Playground

" There are some actors who see a show as something to do before going out. "

" 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. "

" I suppose what I aspire to do is to make it easy for the audience to connect with a story. "

" I realise that there's something about fantasy, whether it's written by the Grimm Brothers or J. K. Rowling or Thorne or J. M. Barrie, that it gets closer to the human experience than realism every could. "

" I don't like the idea of stepping-stones in art forms: that you do your time at a regional theatre, and then you work in London and go to the West End, and then you do films. I've never felt like following that trajectory. "

" There are always discussions about casting stars in lead roles in theater - especially when you're working with commercial producers - and it's not something I'm against, not at all. But any casting has to be right for the project. "

" 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. "

" I'm not interested in putting naturalism on stage - I want passion. "

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" 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. "

" 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. "

" You can only make the work that you have to make. And I am old enough now to know that I can't start making shows that are going to win awards. That way madness lies. "

" When you're growing up, it's very easy to feel lonely and insecure. "

" My need is about communicating the whole, and when the whole is there in the text and in what the actors are doing, then it doesn't need 'frou-frou,' as I call it. "

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" I never get star-struck. I never fanboy. Ever, ever, ever. "

" 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. "

" For me, there is a real line between something being the worst thing in the world and the best thing in the world. "

John Tiffany

World

Real

" We just don't need any more 'Macbeth's in the world, however brilliant mine might turn out to be. "

" 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. "