He commissioned the 1986 musical Cricket from Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, for his mother's 60th birthday celebration, which led to a job offer at Lloyd Webber's Really Useful Theatre Company, where he worked as a production assistant on musicals such as The Phantom of the Opera, Starlight Express, and Cats.
El a comandat Cricketul muzical din 1986 de la Andrew Lloyd Webber și Tim Rice, pentru sărbătorirea celei de-a 60-a aniversări a mamei sale, care a dus la o ofertă de muncă la Compania Teatrală Really Useful, unde a lucrat ca asistent de producție pe muzicale precum The Phantom of the Opera, Starlight Express și Pisici.