[Snake shakes his head no,] If you have some skill you can join, but you have to be the best of us to regularly be in shows. Otherwise you help backstage, says John.

[Everyone needs to pull their own weight, even if they don't perform after all. Besides, having alternate members also gives various people the chance for a break from time to time.]

We have had people fall before in practice, but we have a net so no one has gotten too hurt, says Ruskin.