Read an interview with Constellations writer Nick Payne on www.ayoungetheatre.com
“For a playwright still only in his twenties, Nick Payne has had his fair share of success. After winning the George Devine Award in 2009, his first play to be professionally produced opened to a clutch of admiring reviews at the Bush Theatre, a debut that firmly established him as one to watch. He has been consistently producing well-received work ever since, including recent acclaimed sell-out hitConstellations at the Royal Court. The writer insists, however, that he has yet to feel the pressure of expectation that comes hand in hand with such achievements. “Maybe I should,” Payne laughs. But, as he goes on to explain, he feels that there is less pressure on him than there is on some other precocious talents. “Although I am quite young, there are playwrights whose first play has been professionally produced when they were much younger than me and who, in all honesty, have been more successful than me. In a way I’ve managed to creep around the outside and I’ve been deeply fortunate, but it’s not like I’ve written a smash hit and the success of it is terrifying.”…
http://www.ayoungertheatre.com/spotlight-on-nick-payne/
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