Vinay Patel was seven years old when he first attempted to put an epic science-fiction story on stage. Sadly for the acclaimed playwright and screenwriter, he spent so much time putting up the elaborate tinfoil set during the school assembly that his allotted time ran out and he was unceremoniously hauled off before a word could be uttered.
He remembered the story earlier this month as he watched set designers creating the set for his new play, a radical retelling of Chekhov set in space. “I was looking at that set thinking, ‘This is my revenge’,” he laughs.
