Director of Half Moon Theatre for children and young people, Chris Elwell names those who have inspired him throughout his career.
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When I left teaching in the mid-80s, I applied for any job that mixed education and the arts and ended up at London Festival Ballet (now English National Ballet) for an interview. Kate was on the panel. I later learned that one of the reasons I got the job was because I was totally unfazed by one of the panelists breast-feeding throughout. I later confessed that on the way to the interview my contact lens had fallen out and, being very short sighted, I probably couldn’t see! Kate, who became CEO of English Touring Opera and who now works at the Royal Opera House as their Senior Producer, taught me never to let anything faze you, and that success in this business is the result of pure graft and hard work.
