Going to the theatre is simple enough. Going backstage afterwards to visit one of the cast is a minefield.
In his dressing room, you'll catch the actor with his trousers down, literally and metaphorically. Out of your mouth will flow a torrent of random adjectives. Some of them will get caught on auto-repeat, ‘So, so intriguing … really intriguing. Just, you know – intriguing.’
You can't stop yourself gushing – of course, you weren't ‘overwhelmed‘; quite the opposite.
Actors are taught always to favour
