We all have our own areas where we are gifted or where we struggle and that's at the heart of everyone's journey.
We always need to create and re-create but if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
Goodness transcends badness.
I love London. I know it's an old saying but there's always something to do, so much so that when you live here you end up not actually doing much!
If someone came up with a new idea for a pantomime that worked, then that would be great but we shouldn't step away from Jack and the Beanstalk, Aladdin or Mother Goose.
People love the traditional pantomimes and I don't think we need to disregard that tradition.
There is of course a dark side to panto because there are always baddies and you can't have a baddie without a dark side. But most of the time the baddies become good.
All theatre has truth, from Theatre in Education to panto to Shakespeare.
The idea with theatre is to come to an environment that you enjoy.
Everyone has their own taste: some like theatre, some don't, some like opera, some don't, some like pantomimes, and some don't.
Although it may be the easiest, it's not always the best.
The great thing about London is the little pockets of culture, like Hackney, which has its panto and its great community. Of course there's also the West End with its brilliant theatres and thriving tourism but to also have areas like Hackney which are so community based but not exclusive, that remind you that those surrounding you are the most important, is what makes London what it is.
You wouldn't get rid of the Mona Lisa just because someone painted another picture of a woman smiling.
