Edinburgh 2010: No Child, a Fringe smash

15th August 2010

 

EDINBURGH 2010

Nilaja Sun, the New York actor and writer, talks about No Child (Assembly Rooms), her one-woman tragicomic expose of the worst aspects of the American schooling system, and her attempts to improve kids’ lives through the use of theatre. Excerpt from monologue. Interview by Philip Fisher.

I am in a festival where people love theatre. I cannot believe how everyone’s souls are so open and so ready to love the show.