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What is home now?
London. I have been coming to it for many years now. I have to say though that, over the last eight months, I feel as though I live there, as opposed to visiting.
Recently, you have been taking some of the criticism in the London press head on. You have been responding to your critics where earlier, you were silent. Why is that?
Well, I have been rather confident, and I hadn't remarked on any of the commentary that has been going on for about two years. But now, I felt it was time I simply stopped and asked if we were being treated fairly or not.
My intention in the first season was to bring people back to the theatre. The argument that has been raised is why have we not done only classic work. When you look at how you can re-establish a theatre and can reach out to a younger, more diverse audience, I felt it was our obligation to do inviting, refreshing work. And we did just that.
In 18 months, we have had six plays that have done unbelievably well. We sold tickets to over 425,000 people -- and we had two plays that didn't work. I think we should be judged on a level playing field and on the fact that we are 18 months old into my job as creative director, and I have committed to it for 10 years. It takes a long time to build a theatre company; it doesn't happen overnight.
You are the only Academy Award Winner in the cast of Superman Returns..
I don't take any of that very seriously.
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