Past simple and Past continuoushow (you get) to know each other(you

Past simple and Past continuous
how (you\ get) to know each other
(you\ work) as actors at the time
we meet at university where we(both\ study) drama
Jane( already \perform) with a street theatre company but I hadn't done any proper acting
in fact I (think) about giving up drama completely because I (not like) performing in a closed theatre in front of hundreds of people
Luckily Jane (convince) me to try open air theatre and I (get) an audition with the Theatre Company she (work) with then
(you\ have) any financial problems at the beginning of your career
when we (act) in London with a small street theatre group we( not have) enough money to pay the rent
our big break (came) when we (perform) at a wedding
a member of street art (see) us perform and invited us to join his group