In theatre, previews are the first draft of a show. I strongly believe that. The only way we can truly tell whether… — John Tiffany Copy Share Image
“The truth is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should therefore be treated with great caution.” — John Tiffany Caution Copy Share Image
I hate rules. I hate 'This is the way things are done'. I hate a lack of reinvention. I hate theatre as… — John Tiffany Actor Copy Share Image
I studied theatre at Glasgow University and then was lucky enough to land a scholarship with a theatre group in Edinburgh. — John Tiffany Actor Copy Share Image
“You ask me, of all people, how to protect a boy in terrible danger? We cannot protect the young from harm. Pain… — John Tiffany Danger Copy Share Image
For me, there is a real line between something being the worst thing in the world and the best thing in the… — John Tiffany Being Copy Share Image
You can only make the work that you have to make. And I am old enough now to know that I can't… — John Tiffany Art making Copy Share Image
I was pre-med at Glasgow University. I was from a family who were of the mind that if you were clever enough… — John Tiffany Doctor Copy Share Image
If you're going to be hosting any event or a performance or having dinner with people after a performance, it is work,… — John Tiffany Food Copy Share Image
We never want to update 'Black Watch,' because it's about a moment in time, and through that moment, it manages to speak… — John Tiffany Play Copy Share Image
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… — John Tiffany Actor Copy Share Image
“DUMBLEDORE: You ask me, of all people, how to protect a boy in terrible danger? We cannot protect the young from harm.… — John Tiffany Danger Copy Share Image
What has started to interest me is how you use all the different disciplines and tools we have at our disposal, and… — John Tiffany Art Copy Share Image
I don't like the idea of stepping-stones in art forms: that you do your time at a regional theatre, and then you… — John Tiffany Art Copy Share Image
“There are mountain trolls riding Graphorns through Hungary, there are giants with winged tattoos on their backs walking through the Greek Seas,… — John Tiffany Trolls Copy Share Image
I was obsessed with theatre and loving the work of Caryl Churchill, Edward Bond, Howard Brenton, and Howard Barker, people doing real… — John Tiffany Bond Copy Share Image
“The truth is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should therefore be treated with great caution.’ GINNY” — John Tiffany Caution Copy Share Image
When I get really down, I remember that we all share 99.99 per cent of our DNA with Beyonce. And suddenly, the… — John Tiffany Dna Copy Share Image
It blows my mind that you get Shakespeare where the 'low' comedy characters have got Northern or Welsh accents. — John Tiffany Comedy Copy Share Image
“Harry, you have one of the greatest hearts of any wizard who ever lived, and I do not believe your heart told… — John Tiffany Copy Share Image
Whenever I'd seen Greek tragedy done with masks and declamations, it brought me out in a rash. — John Tiffany Copy Share Image
Sometimes on Broadway, you don't know who the investors are, and you end up making a million dollars for somebody awful. — John Tiffany Broadway Copy Share Image
When you tell a story that you know is having an effect on the audience, that, for me, is the transforming thing. — John Tiffany Audience Copy Share Image
My need is about communicating the whole, and when the whole is there in the text and in what the actors are… — John Tiffany Copy Share Image
Theatre is a living organism. You only know if your show is working when you see it with an audience. You can… — John Tiffany Actor Copy Share Image
“A busy and crowded station. Full of people trying to go somewhere. Amongst the hustle and bustle, two large cages rattle on… — John Tiffany Children Copy Share Image
I've never understood why anyone would want to join the army, but that's irrelevant. The fact of the matter is that, as… — John Tiffany Army Copy Share Image
When I realised, on 'The Straits,' that physical work in the theatre takes much longer than directing scenes, it was like a… — John Tiffany Copy Share Image
The Black Watch is one of the most illustrious regiments. They've been at the vanguard of British military operations for 400 years.… — John Tiffany British Copy Share Image
“GINNY, follows after. A thirty-seven-year-old man, HARRY, has his daughter LILY on his shoulders. ALBUS Dad. He keeps saying it. HARRY James,… — John Tiffany Daughter Copy Share Image
