Psychologies

Saffron Burrows “It’s extraordinary to find work where you don’t feel underestimated, or that you have to be seductive”

Black comedy Everything I Ever Wanted To Tell My Daughter About Men was originally written by Lorien Haynes for her daughter, Lilac, 17. It debuts this month as a reading, supported by Psychologies, at Shakespeare’s Globe in London to raise funds for RISE, a non-profit organisation that helps victims of sexual assault and rape.

Haynes explains how her project came to fruition and how Burrows, who directs two of the short films, became an integral part of it: ‘I started the year with thank-you emails to eight people,’ says Haynes, ‘people who moved mountains to support my passion project. Saffron is one of them.’

Of their friendship and collaboration, she says: ‘I first met Saffron in

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