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5 maltatoday | SUNDAY • 2 SEPTEMBER 2018 THIS WEEK ART blasphemy, glorification of the holocaust and of mass- murderers. The blasphemy I can't negate (although you'd be hard-pressed to point it out when watching the play) and the other two reasons are wrong. There is no glorifica- tion at all. If you read isolated sentences from the play, then of course you could mis- construe what is being said – however if you read it (or watch it) in context, then it all makes sense. It's a tough journey – but not a gratui- tous one, I repeat. Are you confident that the play retains a keen edge, even if we accept that it being censored in Malta was more than slightly overblown? Oh yes definitely. It's a very valid play and the issues cov- ered are very pertinent today – especially in Malta. What can you tell us about your character? What makes her journey throughout the play particularly resonant? I can't tell you much with- out giving away spoilers I'm afraid. What I CAN say is that Abby is a loving, if rather argumentative, woman who undergoes something trau- matic. This unseats her, and her mind goes on a dark jour- ney to try and work it out or make it go away. At heart, it's a story about a relationship. It's a love story, that's all it is. Everyone's story is different, everyone's stories have ups and downs – pain and joy. This is just a love story. What do you make of the local theatrical scene? What would you change about it? I think we are blessed with bucket loads of talent on this island and if I had the pow- er to change one thing – I'd magic new audiences so we can sustain this on a profes- sional level. What's next for you? Comedy Knights – the sixth show! Six years we've been doing this and it feels like we started yesterday. Every year is a new challenge which we relish and fear in equal meas- ures. Bring it on! Directed by Chris Gatt and also featuring Mikhal Basm- adjan, Stitching will be staged at the Teatru Manoel Studio Theatre in "The censorship of the play was a knee-jerk reaction on the part of the board of classification which turned into a ridiculous witch-hunt against the rise of 'in-yer-face' theatre on the island" Darren Zammit Lupi