The moment I knew: after my mum lost everything in Japan’s tsunami, Trent showered her with tiny kindnesses

The cabaret performers met while on tour in Canada. But it wasn’t until her new partner befriended her mother that Sachie realised how thoughtful he was Find more stories from the moment I knew series I met Trent in 2012 in a car park in Winnipeg. We were handing out flyers on the Canadian fringe circuit. I was wearing a pink tutu for my contemporary clown show and Trent was in the tight black suit of his vaudeville character the Birdmann. We barely spoke but I had this strange feeling, alm...

By Sachie Mikawa, as told to Rosamund Brennan