Do you think Rezas Gallic humour differs from English humour?
Her extravagance of emotion is quite Gallic, but when British actors use that it’s very powerful because it’s so rare here. The combination is wonderful. Her writing is extremely dark, extremely accurate and extremely funny. How did you feel about returning to the production after a year’s break? I’ve never done a production quite in this way before, but it felt very good returning to it. In re-rehearsing it, there are things that suddenly perk up and say, look at this freshly or differently. What’s your favourite line from Life X 3? I don’t give a fuck about Turku, I don’t give a fuck about Turku, I don’t give a fuck about Turku. What are your plans for the future? I’ve got to finish the play I’m writing. I don’t plan to appear in it. Whoever is in it has to be a superb pianist. It’s set in Paris in the 1870s and is about the reclusive French composer Charles-Valentin Alkan and his relationship with another composer named Hiller. There are two very big pianos on the stage. I’m also tr
