2014 was a year which featured an extraordinary number of world premieres from Simon Stephens, a West End and Broadway transfer of one of his plays, and his getting some of the most interesting commissions in today's theatre. In an exceptionally honest account, Simon Stephens opens up to readers, through daily diary entries throughout the year, his working practices, inner-most thoughts, philosophy on theatre, the arts and politics, and his feelings and reactions to specific projects on which he has worked and practitioners with whom he has worked.