Nicola Tallent

You know, people sort of demand things that you interview them harder, that you, you know, that you... Well, really, what do people want?

Do they want, like...

What do you get from somebody if you just stand there shouting at them, repeating questions over and over again?

Well, I mean, you get a reaction.

You get a reaction, which we've seen a few times from the real Gerry Hutch, which can be angry.

No doubt about it.

It's become controversial when... So I was at the original run of this play and it did get a bit of publicity.

I can't remember exactly how much, but certainly not a huge amount.

The play has slightly changed.

Firstly, the presence of Gerry Hutch on the stage at the beginning of it, which we'll get to, wasn't anywhere...

near the first one.

The first one was in the Glass Mask Theatre, which is a bespoke little theatre in Dublin, holds about 120, I think maximum, maybe 80 people.

It was an amazing venue to see the show in.

And it wasn't, the set wasn't as, you know, it's small.

So the set was simply black with a couple of television screens along each side.

And there was no presence, which, of course, the beginning of...

our show that we went to Jerry Hutch himself is sitting in an armchair being interviewed been asked a few questions and answering them and what did you think of that when you see that like because it starts off it's the first scene it's black on stage it comes up

You see, I thought I was going to, because I read some of the reports after the Monday that the play should have been, that somebody, I think it was actually Paul Williams wrote that the play stood alone and didn't need Jerry Hutch in the armchair at the beginning of it.

So I thought I was going to probably feel the same because I'd seen the play.

And I thought it was very powerful on its own.