ON BEING CULTURED

“I’ve always had a fascination for Chinese culture. When I go to China, I love the bird’s nest soup, Beijing duck and sweet and sour pork. Every time I come, I put on one kilo. Here in the village we choose to honour a country every year at a festival in July and this year it’s China, so we’ve invited Chinese theatre companies to come perform at our theatre, and we’ll be exchanging cultures and learning from each other. It’s part of my belief in universalism and humanism.”