School for working class heroes - and heroines
27 years, 10 months ago

School for working class heroes - and heroines

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy At Anna Scher's Children's Theatre in the scruffy part of Islington, north London, rows of shining faces are lined up, all attentive. "Kathy Burke has won the Best Actress award at Cannes," she says, to joyous applause. Like a stream of other working-class British actors - Patsy Palmer, Pauline Quirke, Linda Robson, Gillian Taylforth, Susan Tully, Jesse Birdsall, Dexter Fletcher, Gary and Martin Kemp - Burke began under the tuition of Anna Scher at 50p a lesson. We all learn some of Anna's sayings, including Desmond Tutu's "Everyone's a VSP - Very Special Person" and Anon's "Don't leave things to the last minute".

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