Joanna Murray-Smith is a world-renowned playwright, novelist and screenwriter. In this first episode of Backstories, Joanna talks about her life growing up and what influenced her journey into the arts; from her mother taking her to shows as a child or listening to family friends in boozy political conversations.

“It was a perfectly rationale and reasonable expectation, that if you had that imaginative flourish, you could pursue it as a means to living.