"Last Sunday, 15-year-old Owen Cooper became the youngest male actor to win an Emmy, for his performance as the teenage murder suspect Jamie Miller. Amid the celebrations, the founders of Drama MOB in Manchester, where Cooper attended weekly classes for two years, rightly pointed out the crucial part this training played in landing him the role, an impact the young actor acknowledged in his acceptance speech."
"Billy Elliot, after all, only learned to pirouette thanks to his chain-smoking ballet teacher, Mrs Wilkinson, played by Julie Walters in the film. Walters started out at Liverpool's Everyman theatre, whose youth programme also counts the Adolescence co-writer and star Stephen Graham among its alumni. As Walters has said, the prospects for young working-class actors are much starker today. Drama schools across the UK are in crisis."
"For the first time since it opened in 1946, Bristol Old Vic theatre school will not be welcoming undergraduate students this term. The Rose Bruford College in Sidcup, which celebrates its 75th anniversary this year, has reported financial difficulties. The college gave a chance to Gary Oldman, who returns next week in the hit series Slow Horses. He went from working in an abattoir (among various odd jobs) to winning an Oscar for his performance as Winston Churchill."
Adolescence's success highlighted grassroots drama schools' role and working-class representation on television. Fifteen-year-old Owen Cooper became the youngest male Emmy winner for portraying Jamie Miller, and founders of Drama MOB credited weekly classes for two years with helping him secure the role, a contribution Cooper acknowledged. Julie Walters began at Liverpool's Everyman theatre and Stephen Graham also emerged from its youth programme. Several UK drama schools face closures or severe financial strain: Bristol Old Vic will not take undergraduates this term and Rose Bruford reports difficulties. Student participation in GCSE and A-level drama has plummeted since 2010.
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