Don Juan in Soho: Patrick Marber on the West End revival

The writer, director and co-creator of Alan Partridge talks David Tennant, Tom Stoppard and the evolution of comedy ahead of his move west

A veteran of British theatre, film and television, Patrick Marber's works include Dealer's Choice (winner of the 1995 Evening Standard Award for Best Comedy) and films Notes on a Scandal (Oscar-nominated) and Closer. As part of the On the Hour and The Day Today team in the early 90s, Marber co-created Alan Partridge with Steve Coogan. Here, he expains about how the move of Don Juan in Soho to the West End came about.

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