Theatre in 5 questions with director Sara Joyce - "We wanted to fight for her without making her inherently likeable"
08/10/2023
Theatre director Sara Joyce's previous work includes Dust by Milly Thomas and Fringe First winning The Last Return. Here she talks about her new project, Boy Parts, what drew her to working in the theatre, her favourite theatre and how she'll be feeling on press night.
Boy Parts is described as a pitch-black psychological thriller adapted by Gillian Greer from Eliza Clark's novel and is at the Soho Theatre from 19 October.
This is an edited version of the interview; scroll down to watch the full interview.
What made you want to work in theatre?
I wanted to work in something to do with entertainment or storytelling. I was acting, and I thought: well, I'm going to be an actor, and I don't think I saw anything outside of theatre as accessible.
Maybe it was just narrow-mindedness, or I didn't really think about it. And I think luckily so because I love it.
And then there's the question of why you keep working in theatre. I enjoy the event of it. I was thinking about it this week in rehearsal, and it feels a bit like you're planning a party that's going to be on every night.
There's something both vital and redundant about it at the same time.
I love rehearsals. I love making things from scratch and figuring things out. And I love the shared experience with a team - people coming up with ideas you'd never think of.