Dave Drayton, Journalist

"I had to explain to Joss and Jac what Twitter was... And that’s what I mean by current. There’s a scene in the play where I give her an iPad and say ‘You can put all your favourite books on it.’"

“You’ve got to hit the line, everything has to be more precise with comedy, it’s a totally different avenue. Playing to the audience is the best thing about it, you see the potential on the page, but then on stage, flirting with the audience, you can see the laughs come, see where the comedy actually is.”

“You still want to tell a story, at the end of day, and you want to ask questions that the audience will walk away wanting to discover the answer to.”

"This is great theatre for theatre people, but beyond that it’s also a roaringly funny snapshot of the upper middle-class and how dreams and desires shape us."

“When I did it the last time I had an amazing time, it was so cathartic and the connection to the Maltese community in Australia, people’s response generally – people that came to see the play, regardless of their background – responded very positively to it.”

"There’s no easy way. I’ve been telling people the program’s there for you to read through and see what you like and the websites there, but you’ve got to make your own Fringe, and there’s ways to do it."

As the Old 505 Theatre celebrates a year in the game, the team of creatives behind the space finally get to take the stage. Creator/director Kerri Glasscock reminisces with Dave Drayton.

It occasionally drags, at times the content feeling too familiar or repetitive, but it’s the subtle nuances that arise from each permutation that make the work so intriguing, and the enormous and multifaceted skill of the entire cast ensure that the potential of this work comes to the fore.

"Everybody in the play is yearning to achieve something – in this case in their artistic life – but there are lots and lots of obstacles that they have to overcome."

“I met Tom Stoppard when I first started to write the play about five years ago, and he was very charming... and then my head going, ‘Does he think I’ve got the hots for him? Do I?!’ There’s one man…”