Alecky Blythe on her unique verbatim plays

25th September 2008

 

INTERVIEW: ALECKY BLYTHE

The theatre-maker talks to Aleks Sierz about her current verbatim piece, The Girlfriend Experience (Royal Court), which is set in a seaside brothel, and about how her company, Recorded Delivery, developed its unique techniques.

The woman who owned the parlour said, Yeah, put our story out – we’re sick of being seen as junkies or Belle de Jour types.