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We all have things that go wrong on the job - but having a formerly hot water bottle stuffed down your pants burst as you bow to a king probably isn't one of them.
Nor is having a horse eat what you're wearing.
Or regularly hearing "is she dead yet?" bandied about by your colleagues.
But these are all par for the course when you're part of an opera chorus, and beautifully documented in Katherine Wiles' memoir 'No Autographs, Please!'
Raised in Hamilton, Katherine successfully pursued a career on the stage and has been a fulltime member of the Opera Australia chorus since 2007.
Her book details career highlights, like performing in My Fair Lady directed by Dame Julie Andrews, to the aforementioned low-lights and challenges of working in the theatre.
But would she have it any other way?