I was keen to stage 'Faust,' although I find Goethe's 'Faust' indigestible. Simon McBurney faustfindgoethe Change image and share on social
Haunted since the day its discovery was projected all over the world in 1994, I, like many others, have always wanted to see inside the Chauvet cave, site of the world's earliest known cave art. Quite rightly, we will never go. It is closed to the public. Simon McBurney artcavechauvet share on social
Living in France while the Falklands War was going on, I felt a profound sense of shame and betrayal, just as I did by the war in Iraq. People have asked why I don't talk about that directly in my plays. Well, politics needs to be articulated in many different ways. Simon McBurney articulateaskbetrayal share on social
With the theatre, for God's sake, everything makes sense. You create a clear sequential reality for a specific audience at one particular time. Simon McBurney audienceclearcreate Change image and share on social
In France, they call the people who come to the theatre 'les spectateurs'; in Britain and Ireland, they are the audience, the people who listen. This does not mean the French are not interested in language. On the contrary. It actually says more about the undeveloped visual sense over here. Simon McBurney audiencebritaincall share on social
I remember the fact that milk was delivered every day by a milkman. In summer, my mother would make what now seem in my middle-aged imagination the most delicious iced milkshakes. Simon McBurney agedaydelicious Change image and share on social
'Endgame' resists narrative and even thematic explanation. How you play it has to reflect this. If you decide something too much in advance, you forget the element that gives the play life - the audience. Simon McBurney advanceaudiencedecide share on social
I'm passionate about music, and I feel that theatre has an extraordinarily musical ability in the way it operates on the audience. Simon McBurney abilityaudienceextraordinarily Change image and share on social
I might be like a conductor, or I collect the stuff together and I do a lot of my own writing. But what is a pleasure is the whole creative thing in which we're all excavating and trying to find something. Simon McBurney collectconductorcreative share on social
I spent the majority of time at school trying to break the rules. I would climb to the top of buildings; I even burned a building down once - not intentionally, just because I was interested in fire. I remember going through the rule book, ticking off the ones I had broken and looking for the ones I hadn't. Simon McBurney bookbreakbuild share on social