MARIA DUARTE is swept along by the cocky self-belief of a ping-pong hustler in a surprisingly violent drama
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‘People are catching up to what Wac Arts has been doing’
CHE WALKER talks to Lynne Walsh about a unique training project in performance and media which is a beacon of diversity and innovation
Rooted in Wac: Che Walker
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STEVE ANDREW recommends a lively and often moving guide to once vibrant spaces that have been abandoned or swept away
GEOFF BOTTOMS appreciates the local touch brought to a production of Dickens’s perennial classic
MARY CONWAY is disappointed by a production whose design and cartoonish acting overwhelms the close scrutiny of characters
SUSAN DARLINGTON enjoys the raucous familiarity of a traditional topsy-turvy pantomime
RON JACOBS introduces the latest novel by the best writer of US working-class fiction writing today
THE PERFORMING arts in Britain are in flux. Nothing new there, but the gaps between the income-generating and the risk-taking is possibly more marked than ever.
And if you want to make a career in creative media, performing or writing, how on earth is that possible without a private income?
One charity answering that question is Wac Arts in north London. For four decades, as their mission statement has it, they’ve been “empowering young people to change their world through the arts” and, from July 26-28, they’re holding a special weekender to celebrate 40 glorious years of existence.
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