Edward Hall - Edmond

Edward Hall, the director of Edmond, discusses his production.

Q: How could British theatre be stronger? What would make your work easier/more rewarding?

EH: There seems to be an obsessive need for overweighty bureaucracy, largely laid down by politicians. You end up applying for all sorts of schemes which means fulfilling criteria laid down by the arts council, and which ends up dictating what sort of work you do. It must be one of the only arts where we're being told what to put on by people who know nothing about it. There are decisions being made by people who are deeply inexperienced who are earning twice as much as any of us. We have to start listening to artists instead of telling them what to do.

The future is fat for theatre - as an art form it will become an increasingly extraordinary, live experience. New technology is destroying our communication skills.

from The Guardian 'Who's who in new British theatre' July 2002

Edward Hall - Edmond finished on: 31 July 2003