What better way of challenging these unhelpful feelings than by taking my clothes off in front a room full of strangers?

I’ve been saying for years, usually to drama students in training, that audiences are always locked in a race with whatever they encounter.

It seems fairly commonly accepted that if an artist - or more specifically, a writer - is to produce good output, they must make sure to absorb good input as well. By which is usually meant, if you want to be a writer who writes, you also need to be a writer who reads. This once led me to make a terrible mistake when I was teaching, and I have gone to great pains to ensure I never made it again.