John Tiffany Quotes
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Only when you don't impose things on it do you get real political theatre.
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There are some actors who see a show as something to do before going out.
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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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Theatre is a playground. It really is, and we should use that playground more.
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I'm a sucker for emotionally exploitative cello.
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I've been in Glasgow since I was 18, on and off.
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'Peter Pan' makes 'Black Watch' and 'The Bacchae' look like a walk in the park.
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When you tell a story that you know is having an effect on the audience, that, for me, is the transforming thing.
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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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No space should be safe from theatre.
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I'm not interested in putting naturalism on stage - I want passion.
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The power of imagination is infinite.
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The idea of audiences becoming part of the show is, I think, where theatre is going.
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I love mishmash and the chaos of art forms.
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Trump is like an eater of worlds from an 'Avengers' movie, but there seem to be different rules for him. What are Twitter doing, for example? He's constantly breaking their rules, the sort of stuff other people get thrown off for.
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The Black Watch is one of the most illustrious regiments. They've been at the vanguard of British military operations for 400 years. Something they're very proud of is what they call 'The Golden Thread,' where you can trace a line back from them to the first Black Watch soldiers who were from the Highlands, spoke Gaelic, and wore the kilt.
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Sometimes it should be the job of Broadway to introduce stars as well as cast them.
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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.
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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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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.
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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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I'm never going to stop making theatre, but I don't think I'll make it as much, because I don't need to. There are other things I want to do with my life. I want to sit by the sea in Yorkshire and eat Eccles cakes and spend time with my family.
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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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When I get really down, I remember that we all share 99.99 per cent of our DNA with Beyonce. And suddenly, the world doesn't seem too bleak.