This month, Dua was joined on the Service95 Book Club podcast by award-winning playwright Jez Butterworth to discuss Jerusalem – her monthly read for April. The play is shaped by ideas of belonging, defiance and what defines a community. You can find their conversation, which went deep, here. This bonus episode takes it even further.
For this part of the Service95 Book Club With Dua Lipa, we’re passing the mic back to you. Dua puts your questions to Jez directly – on the scene he found most difficult to write, the unique rituals that shape his craft and how the play came to find its defiant title.
Jez also covers what first sparked Jerusalem, all the way back on New Year’s Eve 2000: “I was suddenly terrified,” he says, “because it was such a good idea... and it was so beyond me to do it. I was 10 years off it.”
And that’s just the beginning. Discover all his responses by watching the episode here or listening to it as a podcast here.
There’s More – Delve Deeper Into Jerusalem With The Service95 Book Club...
WATCH Dua’s interview with playwright Jez Butterworth
LISTEN to their conversation with the Service95 Book Club podcast
NOTE the books, films and TV shows that inspired Jerusalem
LEARN more about the origins of Jerusalem from Jez
PRESS PLAY on Jez’s writing soundtrack
DISCOVER the inspiration behind antihero Rooster
HEAR Jez read The ‘Jerusalem’ Passage He Found Hardest To Write
