I mean I think children love the idea that there are different viewpoints and different words for things and different worlds. And the more that they pretend to be other people, the harder it is for them to hate them and misunderstand them when they grow up.

I'm rather proud of having been a trainspotter.

When you are in a bad production there are two things you can do. You can do your best or you can leave. I chose to do the third thing which was sulk.

What I do believe is theatre is a medium with a peculiar ability to air vital issues.

My one remaining professional ambition is to read the shipping forecast. I live in hope.

At heart, this job is about continuing to make great theatre for the people of Sheffield - a city I've known and loved since childhood.

Shakespeare I love, but for an English graduate, I'm incredibly badly read.