There are some actors who see a show as something to do before going out. — John Tiffany 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 Copy Share Image
The idea of audiences becoming part of the show is, I think, where theatre is going. — John Tiffany Copy Share Image
Only when you don't impose things on it do you get real political theatre. — John Tiffany Copy Share Image
Even with the success of 'Once,' I can't think about making theater straight for Broadway. Too nerve-racking. — John Tiffany Copy Share Image
The only thing I fear is when people say, 'I should go to the theatre more.' I say, 'We should create work… — John Tiffany Copy Share Image
The more everything gets digitalised, the more precious the live experience of going to the theatre is. — John Tiffany Copy Share Image
Theatre is a playground. It really is, and we should use that playground more. — John Tiffany Copy Share Image
Some actors just have a quality, a way of combining music and character and story, where everything just falls into place. — 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 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
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
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
I hate rules. I hate 'This is the way things are done'. I hate a lack of reinvention. I hate theatre as… — John Tiffany 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 Copy Share Image
There are always discussions about casting stars in lead roles in theater - especially when you're working with commercial producers - and… — John Tiffany Copy Share Image
'Black Watch' has taken its place in the canon of Scottish theatre, and that's fantastic. It's a very particular kind of theatre.… — John Tiffany 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 Copy Share Image
Usually, in theatre, you're adapting existing material or creating an entirely new play. With the 'Cursed Child,' we have been given the… — John Tiffany Copy Share Image
“Pan, The House of Bernarda Alba, Transform Caithness: Hunter, Be Near Me, Nobody Will Ever Forgive Us, The Bacchae (also Lincoln Center),… — John Tiffany 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 Copy Share Image
In film, if you've got to do a scene in a swimming pool, you do a scene in a swimming pool. If… — John Tiffany Copy Share Image
It couldn't interest me less, the idea of putting a living room on stage. I just think, what's the point of walking… — John Tiffany Copy Share Image
How do we compete with the 3D superscreens at the cineplex? We just make it better - because theatre is better because… — John Tiffany Copy Share Image
The only thing I fear is when people say, 'I should go to the theatre more.' I say, 'We should create work that makes… — John Tiffany 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 world doesn't… — John Tiffany Copy Share Image
“Those that we love never truly leave us, Harry. There are things that death cannot touch. Paint . . . and memory . . . and love.” — John Tiffany Copy Share Image
Some actors just have a quality, a way of combining music and character and story, where everything just falls into place. — John Tiffany 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, and the… — John Tiffany Copy Share Image
“Ministry seized an illegal Time-Turner from Theodore Nott and has kept it.” — 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 also tell… — John Tiffany 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 you to… — John Tiffany Copy Share Image
'West Side Story' is one of the greatest theatrical experiences I've had. — John Tiffany Copy Share Image
