'The Smallest Stage', written by Kim Crotty was a feature of the Perth Festival in 2022. Photo: ben yew photography
It was a late night knock on the door that sealed Kim Crotty's fate.
Following a relationship breakdown, Kim - a Western Australian - quit his job at the Salisbury Playhouse and move to Bristol to be closer to his young sons.
But in a desperate bid to make ends meet he ultimately chose a path that upended everyone's lives, with the police bust on his cannabis grow house sending him to prison for two years.
In a cell, separated from his boys Kim was determined to maintain a connection with them and so began a writing project.
The result was 47 short stories delivered to weekly to his sons - Otto and Arlen.
A decade later those stories became the backbone of the play 'The Smallest Stage'. He speaks to Kathryn from his home in Western Australia.
Kim Crotty is a Western Australian writer who turned his time in prison into a play: 'The Smallest Stage' Photo: Supplied
