The point of theatre is transformation: to make an extraordinary event out of ordinary material right in front of an audience's eyes. Where the germ of the idea came from is pretty much irrelevant. What matters to every theatre maker… — Lee Hall Copy Share Image
My generation of playwrights have grown up writing for studio theatres, and so the task of writing for more than ten or so actors… — Lee Hall Copy Share
The theatre has always been voraciously omnivorous. Dramatists have always raided every medium to find grist to their mill: myths, folk tales, newspapers, novels,… — Lee Hall Copy Share
I don't really find things funny unless they're deeply tragic at the same time. I think if you're funny just for the sake of… — Lee Hall Copy Share
Culture is something that we all share, and we are all the poorer for anyone excluded from it. — Lee Hall Copy Share
Whether you are a writer or an actor or a stage manager, you are trying to express the complications of life through a shared… — Lee Hall Copy Share
There’s no comparison. Veganism is the single most important thing that one can do today. — Lee Hall Copy Share
I come from a tradition where the writer writes a play for the actors, rather than for himself, and the dialogue is made to… — Lee Hall Copy Share
I only tend to think of the week ahead, to keep my eye on the ball and question whether a full stop is in… — Lee Hall Copy Share
The point of theatre is transformation: to make an extraordinary event out of ordinary material right in front of an audience's eyes. Where the… — Lee Hall Copy Share
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 Copy Share
I always call 'Billy Elliot' a fantasy autobiography because I never wanted to be a dancer, but I got a lot of stick from… — Lee Hall Copy Share
There is absolutely no point in not being a populist. What I feel emboldened to do is to take something which is a minority… — Lee Hall Copy Share
In many ways, theatre is more rewarding for a writer. I used to think it was like painting a wall - that when the… — Lee Hall Copy Share
From kings to groundlings, Shakespeare made his work profound for everybody. That is how it should be. There is no hierarchy in theatre. It… — Lee Hall Copy Share
