Whether you are a writer, or an actor, or a stage manager, you are trying to express the complications of life through a shared enterprise. That's what theatre was, always. And live performance shares that with an audience in a specific compact: the play is unfinished unless it has an audience, and they are as important as everyone else.
I always call Billy Elliot a fantasy autobiography because I never wanted to be a dancer, but I got a lot of stick from the other kids about wanting … - Lee Hall
I always call Billy Elliot a fantasy autobiography because I never wanted to be a dancer, but I got a lot of stick from the other kids about wanting …
- Lee Hall
Whether you are a writer, or an actor, or a stage manager, you are trying to express the complications of life through a shared enterprise. That's wh… - Lee Hall
Whether you are a writer, or an actor, or a stage manager, you are trying to express the complications of life through a shared enterprise. That's wh…
In a way, 'Billy Elliot' was autobiographical. I can't dance, but I think his dancing was me discovering about writing and literature. - Lee Hall
In a way, 'Billy Elliot' was autobiographical. I can't dance, but I think his dancing was me discovering about writing and literature.
Culture is something that we all share and we are all the poorer for anyone excluded from it. - Lee Hall
Culture is something that we all share and we are all the poorer for anyone excluded from it.
From kings to groundlings, Shakespeare made his work profound for everybody. That is how it should be. There is no hierarchy in theatre. It makes eve… - Lee Hall
From kings to groundlings, Shakespeare made his work profound for everybody. That is how it should be. There is no hierarchy in theatre. It makes eve…
There’s no comparison. Veganism is the single most important thing that one can do today. - Lee Hall
There’s no comparison. Veganism is the single most important thing that one can do today.
In many ways, theatre is more rewarding for a writer. I used to think it was like painting a wall - that when the play is finished, it's done - but n… - Lee Hall
In many ways, theatre is more rewarding for a writer. I used to think it was like painting a wall - that when the play is finished, it's done - but n…
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