I've worked with them before, I actually directed them both in a TV film called Ruffian Hearts 20 years ago.
Mixed Up North, which I directed before Christmas, is specifically about Burnley, tackling the issues of extremism and racism that have been fostered there and festered.
"I remember feeling a focus I never experienced before — intense, so riveting that I directed my performance to that space," he said.
Before I moved to LA, I directed two complex, feature-length interactive educational projects with Stanford, Harvard and Hewlett Packard.
What do you think the main disparities are? A. Well, in the two plays I directed in Paris before, the actors had a tendency to say, "You shouldn't do that," or "You should do this," or "It should be more like this".
And before I left for the Middle East, I directed them to conduct a thorough assessment of our economic condition, consult with members of Congress, and provide me with their recommendations about any actions we might need to take.
That was all it took – the conversation flared up immediately, and it was a long time before I could direct people's attention back to the stage.
Before I began directing, I and another group of actors had formed a workshop off-Broadway.
I have a huge collection of music that I listen to when I'm writing, and I also prepare a lot of music before I start directing.
