Interview (extract): Tim Supple in conversation

24th August 2011

 

Edinburgh Festival 2011: Tim Supple, director. An extract from a conversation ahead of the UK premiere of Supple’s two-part pan-Arabic version of One Thousand And One Nights, running at the Royal Lyceum as part of the Edinburgh International Festival. This section of the discussion, with Dominic Cavendish, deals with his early preparations for the project and reflections on differing theatre cultures in the Arab world. Conducted for a preview feature about the show in the Daily Telegraph.