I first heard the name Joyce McMillan during my early forays to the Edinburgh Festival as an aspiring theatremaker.

Hers was the review we all craved. Hers was the recommendation we took seriously. Hers was the opinion that mattered.

As I got to know Joyce in person and read ever more of her work over the years, I understood why.

Joyce has an unrivalled passion and hunger for theatre – to be surprised by it, challenged by it, moved by it. Her prose when describing something which has done just this is inspiring and affecting.

Her tireless ability to seek out great plays and to place them within the context of her extensive theatrical and political knowledge is extraordinary, and her belief that theatre can bring about change has allowed many of us to continue to aspire to excite her.

Vicky Featherstone
Artistic Director
Royal Court Theatre, London