A brief history of time: engineer runs away to the circus

November, 2001: Awarded engineering degree

October 5, 2009: Audition for circus school.

October 14, 2009: Officially accept an offer to study full time for three months at Greentop Circus in Sheffield.

April 2010: Perform corde lisse (rope trapeze), clown and acrobalance in a pink boa in an old church in the north of England.

2011-2015: TEDx Perth speaker coach. 2 of my speakers get standing ovations.

Onwards: Rachael West is a speaker coach.