July 2004 Feature: National Theatre 7

John Byrne
Writer and Visual Artist
 

John Byrne gave this response when asked about the National Theatre during his keynote speech at the Changing Lives conference in Moray in May.

“The so-called National Theatre in London seems to be the national theatre of American musicals, as far as I can see. I can’t recall anything Scottish there, ever. I like the idea of not having a building, but of funding projects and touring them. It might allow bigger productions to go out on tour.
 

Writer/artist John Byrne

My dread is that it is all going to be worthy stuff, like a museum. A national theatre should be a living entity, and it should be about what people are doing on stages all over Scotland.”

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