It was day one. I had been there less than two hours when I was asked to leave. I felt an odd mix of shame, embarrassment, and frankly, sweet relief. I was still in my twenties, so I knew I would bounce back. Unfortunately, it was the ‘bouncing back’ that got me thrown out of […]
There is a saying in Japan that always makes me smile…and think. You may have heard it too? It goes like this: ‘Deru kui wa utareru’ Which roughly translates as; ‘The nail that sticks up gets hammered down’. So what does it mean? Well, I think it infers that to get ahead in life you […]
It was Buenos Aires, 2004. The theatre was dark, humid and smoky, and the audience were anxious. We’d all paid good money to be there. But this guy, he was surely past it. He was such a ‘grey man’ that I barely even noticed him shuffle onto the stage. I was far too engrossed with […]
