Max Webster & David Haig interview: Minority Report (The Financial Times)

A new play based on Philip K Dick’s novella is part of a wave of shows inspired by once-imaginary tech such as AI and spyware

“The future is just so much more interesting than the past, don’t you think?” The question comes partway through Steven Spielberg’s 2002 film adaptation of Philip K Dick’s novella The Minority Report. I, however, can’t resist posing it right at the start of my interview with director Max Webster and writer David Haig, who are about to open their own adaptation for the stage.