I hopo so. Not all theatre is avant-garde, but the theatre that I usually respond to is. And when you’re challenging the status quo, you’re bound to offend people.
Hm. Interesting. I like this question. While I’m not sure about the veracity of the statement, I am quite convinced that a function of theatre is certainly not to not offend.
I find some offensive plays to be the ones that stick with me the longest, and work their way into my psyche more aggressively. For example, when I first finished Scorched I threw the script across my living room. Now it’s near the top of my list of works that I’m dying to produce.
Simon Ogden 
I hopo so. Not all theatre is avant-garde, but the theatre that I usually respond to is. And when you’re challenging the status quo, you’re bound to offend people.
For values of offend that start at ‘irritate to thought’. Not all theatre need mortally offend. But irritate to thought.
Nonsense. Conventional nonsense.
I have been writing an extended post on this topic for my blog, which I hope to post soon.
Hm. Interesting. I like this question. While I’m not sure about the veracity of the statement, I am quite convinced that a function of theatre is certainly not to not offend.
I find some offensive plays to be the ones that stick with me the longest, and work their way into my psyche more aggressively. For example, when I first finished Scorched I threw the script across my living room. Now it’s near the top of my list of works that I’m dying to produce.