Dave Drayton, Journalist

"There’s so much embedded in the play, I’m finding in rehearsals it almost is like an archaeological dig."

"I mean, I’m about to turn 37 and I’m a clown; it’s a very fickle pursuit, it’s a weird job."

"I have always admired people selling their art or products at markets, and it seemed like a fun way to spend the day and make some cash, and to test the waters for my art."

"I suppose as a teenager you just think you’re invincible, and then as you get older you do know you’re going to die."

"Essentially it’s an amazing script written by Matt."

As in productions of the past, My Darling Patricia have assembled a collage of forms – beautifully held together by Samuel James’ animations – in order to construct their whimsical onstage world.

"I consider myself to be quite an eloquent person, at times, but this is something where it was like the cat had got my tongue."

“It’s quite a dark metatheatrical piece, really. The lesson from that is that children can deal with that stuff much easier than adults think.”

Grapefruits, saunas and Restorations made 2013 a great year for Dave Drayton.

With the follow-up to last year’s self-titled debut LP, the Brooklyn four-piece still feel a little like they’re finding their feet, probing the different possibilities of how to make a corner of this lovable loser summer pop their own.

"This is evidently not a whodunit, because we know who kills the young man before we enter theatre."

"We’ve been really interested in clichéd America, like middle-American craft, quilting and knitting and that classic American stuff – Twinkies and popcorn and things.”