Airswimming, Hen and Chickens Theatre

Constellations, a new play by Nick Payne, directed by Michael Longhurst in the Royal Court’s Theatre Upstairs, is currently wowing audiences.

Text of the day: “Stephen Hawking had his breakthrough when he was getting into bed.”

Quote of the day: “I’ve learnt that there are rhythms in boxing, physical patterns essential to keeping good form in the sport and that also create a percussive soundscape.”

I was struck by, and have always remembered, a remark by Martin Crimp: “I’m always looking for constraints, and it’s the constraints that will let the material be created by me.”