Tasmanian playwright Tom Holloway has been sharing his experiences at the Royal Court theatre in London over a series of dispatches for Arts Hub. Tom’s play ‘Beyond The Neck’, about the Port Arthur massacre, was handpicked for an exclusive program at the Court in 2006, and later chosen to be showcased exclusively for London audiences in January 2007. Here is his final dispatch.
On the morning of the 18th of January there were 80mph winds blowing through London. I’m not all that good at converting miles to kilometres but as I was running in to the wind, struggling to get to The Royal Court in time for the first of two day’s rehearsal for my play, it seemed very, very fast.
