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At heart, I’m a writer. Most of the writing I do is the creation of new plays. I like to remind people that the 'wright' part of playwright is there for a reason. A playwright is a craftsperson or an artisan in the way that a cabinet maker or an architect is – we are asked to make a bespoke product of a specific size from a certain material to fit in a particular place – the real job is to make the product as beautiful and as functional as possible. That’s where the challenge of good writing lies.

I’m astounded that, after thousands of years of the written word, we can still communicate meaning through the endless ordering and re-ordering of the twenty-six letters of the alphabet.

We all have the same words at our disposal – like being given the same tiles to make a mosaic. But your mosaic will always be different to mine. The marshalling of the words into a shape that means something, says something, is the magic and the alchemy which keeps dramatic writing alive.

Playwrights form the happy band of people who can talk with ease about the ‘voices in their heads’ without fear of judgement. And once those voices are put on stage, they’re gone from the head forever – our work is the disease and the cure.