London Classic Theatre’s Michael Cabot demonstrates why you should never be afraid to ask for help, as he names those who have guided and inspired his career.
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In my early thirties, I was struggling to find a way to move forward from the work I’d done on the London Fringe to the next level of the business. I wrote to Nica Burns and asked for a meeting. She welcomed me into her office, looked at my CV and asked how she could help. I said I wanted to put on a show in the West End. She went straight to the point: “I don’t think you’re ready. In fact, you’d be eaten alive. But, it looks like you do good stuff. There’s a whole country crying out for quality theatre. Have you ever thought about touring?” I said I wouldn’t know where to start. She smiled. “Choose a play, get on the phone and start talking to people.” So I did exactly that. 15 years and 31 national tours later, you could say Nica proved something of an inspiration to me.
