Theatre

From the first moment, as infants, when we realise that different actions get different responses, we become actors. We learn to take on roles, play our parts, change our masks and vary our performance depending on the audience. We become our stage characters - caring mother, slick professional, rebellious teenager, tough manager. And we start to mistake the props of life - the house, the car, the job - for life itself. We should all take a moment to stop playing to the audience, stop living up to others' expectations. Just be real. Just be you. Take off the mask for a few minutes today. The show will go on. And you'll be back on stage before you know it.

— Wayne Visser

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