Intermission: “[Directing is] a little bit like a kind of erotic attraction,” mused Healy in an interview at the Berkeley Street Theatre. “You sort of get a hit…that grabs your attention. And then you become really interested in the question of… this person [or play] has caught my attention — why? If you’re lucky,” he said, “You get to learn more.”
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I have never heard a director describe the process of producing a play like this. To equate it to the idea of falling in love with someone I think is really wholesome and lovely. I like how he compares picking up a piece because “they catch your eye.” I honestly really relate to this idea, to design for a play I am usually drawn to it, and then I spend the next how many months exploring all facets of it, looking at it deeply and allowing my mind to spend time with the work while I take and give to it. Usually by the end, no matter the play I end up falling in love with it a little bit. I also love when modern directors and producers make modern adaptations to classic literature as Howard End so younger audiences can connect to the story. My only qualms is that it is a play in Canada and I probably won’t be able to see it performed, but it sounds like the story will be excellent and well thought out.
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