Mark Ravenhill on the joy of slow theatre

The Guardian: "There is very little that playwrights, film directors, fiction editors and journalists agree on. But on one subject there does seem to be an almost universal consensus, and that is that you - the reader, the listener - are bored, most of the time. Look at any contemporary guide to making art, or working in the media, and the assumption is that an audience's natural state is one of restless ennui. Our job as writers is to provide a sort of espresso shot. Grab them quickly, grab them hard - otherwise they will change channels or walk away."