‘I didn’t want to read these stories. I thought they would be too historical, too worthy for today’s theatre. I guess I’ve been wrong a few times in life, but this time I was really, really wrong! From the first page of the first Gwyn Thomas story I read, I just kept saying to myself, ‘How have I missed this guy. He’s got to be one of the most outrageous, individual, funny, disturbing writers I’ve read for years!’ It was like discovering an amazing new voice, but one that has been around for over half a century. I want audiences for this show to have the same experience I had when reading the books. I want us to produce a stage version of Gwyn Thomas’s work that speaks to people all over the world – celebrating his extraordinary surreal storytelling genius.’