I believe in poetic discourse, in the value of speech in a non-naturalistic way; it's speculative.

I don't like sympathetic characters.

You emerge from tragedy equipped against lies. After the musical, you're anybody's fool

A good play puts the audience through a certain ordeal.

I’ve often taken important classical, biblical or literary stories and interrogated them. I have tried to reinvigorate Lot by interpreting it differently.

Tragedy is the greatest art form of all. It gives us the courage to continue with our life by exposing us to the pain of life. It is unsentimental, it takes us seriously as human beings, it is not condescending. Paradoxically, by seeing pain we are made greater, it becomes a need.

I submit all my plays to the National Theatre for rejection. To assure myself I am seeing clearly.