I'm supposed to convince you, for two hours, that I'm somebody else. Now if you know everything about my life, if you think you've got me figured out and you think you know all my dark secrets, how am I ever going to convince you that I'm somebody else?

There are ways in which you can make sure that even if people come to the theatre because they know an actor or actress, by the end, theyve forgotten that, and they leave going, Wow - what an amazing play.

Whether thats positive or not, people are talking about the Old Vic Theater again with passion and commitment and controversy and debate.

Theatre is alive and it is now, and then it's gone.

For years, particularly with the advent of the Internet, people have been griping about lessening attention spans.

For me, coming to work every day has turned out to be exactly what I hoped it would be.

Theres nothing like standing in a place and wanting nothing so much as to change but simply not being able to.