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" The physicality of a production needs evolution and breath. "
John Tiffany
Production
Evolution
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" It blows my mind that you get Shakespeare where the 'low' comedy characters have got Northern or Welsh accents. "
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" For me, there is a real line between something being the worst thing in the world and the best thing in the world. "
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" 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. "
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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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" 'Black Watch' has taken its place in the canon of Scottish theatre, and that's fantastic. It's a very particular kind of theatre. It's about the music, the movement, the whole 'event' of it. "
John Tiffany
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Black
Kind
" 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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Bond
" 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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Whole
" What has started to interest me is how you use all the different disciplines and tools we have at our disposal, and that includes going into different art forms, like music and movement, because often they can tap into things that characters can't necessarily express through words. Audiences really enjoy that total experience. "
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Music
Words
" I know Australians are no strangers to pubs, but in the U.K., the pub is a real meeting place because the houses can be quite small, so the pub is an extension of the living space. "
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Know
Place
Space
" 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. "
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You
Win
I Am
" I had a lovely time growing up. But I was very aware of the miners' strike going on, friends' families collapsing, and people being unemployed. "
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People
Growing Up
Going
" The whole notion of never growing up is incredibly intense and emotional. "
John Tiffany
Never
Growing Up
Emotional
" Sometimes on Broadway, you don't know who the investors are, and you end up making a million dollars for somebody awful. "
John Tiffany
End
Sometimes
Know
" Where film can eat up story, theatre needs space and breath. "
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Eat
Space
Theatre
" I did a couple of short films when I was in Scotland. "
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Short Films
Did
Films
" 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. "
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Human
Experience
Fantasy
" 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. "
John Tiffany
Moment
Time
Black
" 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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Just Because
People
" Theatre is a playground. It really is, and we should use that playground more. "
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Theatre
More
Playground
" 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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Think
" 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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Music
" I never get star-struck. I never fanboy. Ever, ever, ever. "
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Never
Get
" I don't think it's good, culturally, to base all critical judgments on a single performance. "
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Good
Base
" 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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Believe
Audience
" It's very hard to argue with the politics of 'Black Watch,' because it is not an opinion; it is just the true stories of these boys, and any opinions expressed are theirs. "
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Black
True
Politics
" I'll always have a relationship with Scotland. "
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Always
Relationship
Scotland
" I've been in Glasgow since I was 18, on and off. "
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Since
Off
Glasgow
" I suppose the key for me is about opening up experiences and untold stories to audiences. "
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Experiences
Key
Me
" 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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You
Work
Choice