Year of the Kat  August 28, 2005 Kat Stewart, who was drawn
reluctantly to the stage.  Kat Stewart, who was drawn
reluctantly to the stage. Photo: Supplied  With roles on stage,
television and the big screen, could this be the year Kat
Stewart proves taking up acting was a wise career move? She
spoke with Luke Benedictus.  William Burroughs famously wrote,
"Paranoia means having all the facts." It's a sinister idea that
looms large in Bug, the hard-hitting new production from Red
Stitch Theatre.  Written by American playwright Tracy Letts, the
psychological thriller explores the tension between legitimate
fears, conspiracy theories and drug-addled psychoses.  "It's a
wild ride," says actor Kat Stewart. "Really Hitchcockian. It's
all about suspense; the turning doorknob."  Stewart plays Agnes,
a lonely waitress still reeling from the unexplained
disappearance of her son 10 years ago.  Living in a seedy motel
in Oklahoma, fearful her violent ex-husband will track her down,
she finds solace in a crack pipe. Isol