“Culture is something that we all share and we are all the poorer for anyone excluded from it.” CultureShareExcluded Author:Lee Hall
“From kings to groundlings, Shakespeare made his work profound for everybody. That is how it should be. There is no hierarchy in theatre. It makes everyone part of a collective.” ShouldMadeKingsProfoundTheatreCollectivesHierarchy Author:Lee Hall
“I always call Billy Elliot a fantasy autobiography because I never wanted to be a dancer, but I got a lot of stick from the other kids about wanting to be a writer and being interested in drama.” KidsWantedFantasyDramaSticksDancerAutobiographyBilly Elliot Author:Lee Hall
“There’s no comparison. Veganism is the single most important thing that one can do today.” ImportantTodayCan DoImportant ThingsComparisonVeganism Author:Lee Hall
“Whether you are a writer, or an actor, or a stage manager, you are trying to express the complications of life through a shared enterprise. That's what theatre was, always. And live performance shares that with an audience in a specific compact: the play is unfinished unless it has an audience, and they are as important as everyone else.” TryingImportantPlayActorsAudienceShareStagePerformancesTheatreManagersEnterpriseUnfinishedComplicationCompactLive PerformanceStage Managers Author:Lee Hall
“In many ways, theatre is more rewarding for a writer. I used to think it was like painting a wall - that when the play is finished, it's done - but now I realise it's more like gardening; you plant the thing, then you have to constantly tend it. You're part of a thing that's living.” ThinkingWayDonePlayUsedPaintingWallPlantFinishedTheatreRealisingGardening Author:Lee Hall
“In a way, 'Billy Elliot' was autobiographical. I can't dance, but I think his dancing was me discovering about writing and literature.” ThinkingWayWritingI CanLiteratureDancingDiscoveringBilly Elliot Author:Lee Hall
