John Tiffany

The whole notion of never growing up is incredibly intense and emotional.

When you're growing up, it's very easy to feel lonely and insecure.

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.

I don't think it's good, culturally, to base all critical judgments on a single performance.

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.

Sometimes it should be the job of Broadway to introduce stars as well as cast them.

Thou shalt not bore' is a commandment that should be at the centre of our ambitions.

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.

Some actors just have a quality, a way of combining music and character and story, where everything just falls into place.

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.

No space should be safe from theatre.

Where film can eat up story, theatre needs space and breath.