Let me get this straight...
It’s overwhelming to be getting messages these past few weeks since I’ve revealed that ‘The Haughty Effect’ is my last ever play I’ll be writing. The question I’ve been getting off family and fellow creatives; Why? When I say to people face to face it’s my last play, it’s like I’ve just committed a crime! The genuine response is before they slap me silly is, “you can’t do that! It doesn’t make any sense to do that! You’re completely off your head“.
Well, it does and you’ll find out once ‘The Haughty Effect’ comes to stage in the next 18 months.
Firstly, It’s not that I’ve fell out of love with writing, I love writing it’s been a positive output to express my emotions and it’s helped me get over a few obstacles in my life these past few years. My belief is we are all writers, but you have to have the balls to tell your truth. We have all got our own story to tell. I just tell mine through plays.
It has always been my plan to do these 3 plays; ‘The man with no identity’, ‘One-Sided Love’ and the final chapter, The Haughty Effect. For people who have worked with Likeminded and people close to me have always known this. Honestly, its not a promotional tool to sell tickets or me thinking I’m Tarantino or even to get shock value. I’m not looking for attention.
With these 3 plays, I’ve said what I’ve wanted to say. My story has been told. If you didn’t know already, all my plays are linked together in some unique way by the character ‘Mr.Smith’ (you don’t have to watch any of the previous plays to get ‘The Haughty Effect’). It’s haunted my writing for 3 years and you’ll understand why once a selected few see the play and all will be revealed. ‘The Haughty Effect’ is not your average play. You’ll understand once the campaign starts later next year. I’m looking forward to seeing how everything unfolds in the next 18 months and I want to take this time to thank every single one of you for your support over the years and making all our plays sold out to the brim.
Words by Christopher Woodward