When did York Theatre Royal and its artistic director, Damian Cruden, become involved?
“Damian has been a fan of Dan’s work, and he’s kept his beady eye on his career development. Dan and Damian and I met up in London at Christmastime, when I did the play in the style I’d done it in Cambridge. Damian really liked it and it was Damian’s idea for us to take it to the Edinburgh Fringe for its premiere.” What time of day did you Limbo in the notoriously-crammed festival? “It was 2.20 in the afternoon. It’s become such a comedy festival and lots of people want to see comedy in the evening, but are happy to see drama in the afternoon. We’d originally been given a 7.30pm slot, but we were advised to move to the afternoon, which was a good move. “I went to one drama in the evening when all you could hear was the sound of laugher from next door drowning it out.” That would have off-putting in a solo show like yours. “What’s so great about how Dan Sherer works as a director is that you learn the script from semidevised processes, so you always feel safe. Even if you forget a detai
