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All I'm saying is that there are many different kinds of political theatre and many plays I greatly admire: 'Antigone,' 'Mother Courage,' 'All My Sons.' But, if I tackle a political theme, I have to do it in my own way.

There is a thin line between politics and theatricals.

In the theater there is often a tension, almost a contradiction, between the way real people would think and behave, and a kind of imposed dramaticness.

I don't think it's the job of theatre at the moment to provide political propaganda; that would be simplistic. We have to explore our situation further before we will understand it.

Politics with me isn't theater. It's performance art. Sometimes, for its own sake.

There's a tradition in British intellectual life of mocking any non-political force that gets involved in politics, especially within the sphere of the arts and the theatre.

Politics in a literary work, is like a gun shot in the middle of a concert, something vulgar, and however, something which is impossible to ignore.

Theatre can be so patronising. So often, it's just proselytising for the theatre.

The first rule of good theatre is 'Show, don't tell.' It applies to good political action as well.

It's important for me, politically, to see that theater isn't just about the powerful.