Having integrity means you are true to yourself and won’t do anything that demeans or dishonours your beliefs – or anyone else’s, on stage or in real life.

The basic rules of human behaviour around communication, collaboration, teamwork, listening, and building on each others’s ideas, can be almost as complicated as tax law.

People come to play knowing that they will be accepted, failure is OK – if it even exists at all, and that they can further their personal growth in a way that doesn’t feel like work.

Now more than ever we need elected officials who can bring people together. Who can work together. And who can make meaningful and fast change.

The word “team” is often equated with lousy team building experiences or associated with competition. Ensemble, by contrast, implies cooperation, collaboration, and unconditional support.