Invited by Greig to co-direct his play, 'San Diego', a non-linear narrative involving 18 characters in 27 locations inside the mind of one character, a writer, 'David Greig', here I furthered my research into the implications of reading a text beginning from a spatial practice as distinct from a textual practice (1996-2001). Developing my previous dance research into experimental collaboration models (1987 - 2000), with the 'San Diego' collaborators I explored how director/designer/composer/lighting designer/performer could create intersecting spaces in a work, and how the text might become a space amongst spaces in the final performance. Rendering place became secondary to creating sites for emotion and action.