CHRIS THURMAN: Whatever the ‘stage’, the show must go on
To run a theatre you need to be a master (not a jack) of all trades. You have to understand what it’s like for the people onstage and backstage, in the audience and in the control booth, front-of-house and in the parking lot outside. Apart from this insight — which can only come from experience — you also need to be an entrepreneur with a high appetite for risk, a public relations genius, a human resources expert and a prudent financial officer. It helps if you’re an engineer.
One key prerequisite for the job is an ability to turn the air blue. You have to be able to creatively invoke the genitals of your enemies’ parents, to bemoan their fornicating forebears and to curse their offspring to the last generation. People must know not to cross you...
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