Quotes about Theatre

'Sizwe' is the beginning of protest theatre; 'Nothing But The Truth' is post-apartheid South Africa.

You can't take a play someone has directed and do whatever you want with it.

I got intrigued by working in small theatres.

Over the years, many young actors have approached me: Vusi Kunene, Sello Maake ka Ncube, and Seputla Sebogodi. They all said, 'Hey Bra John, let's do 'The Island and we want you to direct.' But somehow, my heart was not in it or I was busy with something else, so I'd say, 'ja, ja, we'll do it.'

I guess we've had a very close relationship because I don't pretend to know about cinema and I think I do know a bit about theatre but he does, he respected that and so we really just had a collaboration which went completely like this.

This sectarianism is an attempt to leap away from the narrow path of the paradox and become a tragic hero at a cheap price. The tragic hero expresses the universal and sacrifices himself for it. The sectarian punchinello, instead of that, has a private theatre, i.e. several good friends and comrades who represent the universal

The strength of British theatre should be that these actors in their middle years know what they're doing and are good at it. Not rich, not famous, but making a living.

I love theatre, but it is losing its value in Punjab. There are no funds or government back up.

The only theatre I do is my own. Somehow, my life is the only life that I can play.

I want to do theatre and film and direct my own things and develop.

I think film likes me better than the theatre does for some reason.

I paid my dues at drama school and worked backstage in every Theatre in London.