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Nov 29, 2023 · The Irish Jewish actor, writer and theatre school founder has died at the age of 78. Anna Scher, namesake of the famous Islington theatre school, has passed away aged 78. Since founding the school in 1968, she taught many children who went on to become household names, including Kathy Burke, with her flair for comedy, Spandau Ballet’s Kemp ...
Nov 25, 2023 · By the mid-1970s the lunchtime drama club had evolved into the Anna Scher Theatre with its own premises, 1,000 students – largely from working-class backgrounds – and 5,000 on the waiting list.
Nov 17, 2023 · Anna Scher, who set up the Anna Scher Theatre School, died last Sunday at the age of 78. Ms Scher, who was born in Cork, Ireland, made it her life’s mission to create a safe and affordable place for working-class children to learn to act.
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Nov 23, 2023 · In 1968, Scher founded the Anna Scher Theatre, a co-ed performing arts school in Islington, the first to shine a light on working class talent. Initially it was a means of getting children off the ...
Nov 13, 2023 · The Anna Scher Theatre started in the late 1960s to get children off the streets of Islington, not then the gentrified area it is today. Soon there were classes of more than 70, some as young as ...
