Conversations with the artists who make theatre happen.
Not just what they make — how they think, choose and create.
Phillip Rouse
How does a director turn an old text into a living piece of contemprary theatre?
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Sophie Davis
For playwright Sophie Davis, a play begins not with a story, but with a question. In this conversation, Sophie takes us inside the craft of turning that curiosity into theatre: writing and rewriting, creating dialogue that sounds genuinely human, and building characters an audience can care about. But writing is only the beginning. Once a script enters the rehearsal room, it becomes collaborative — interpreted and reshaped by directors, designers and actors until something once intensely personal belongs to an entire creative team. Sophie also challenges the romantic image of the isolated, tortured writer. Getting work onto a stage requires vulnerability, persistence and the ability to collaborate just as much as it requires talent.
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