‘I always felt unsafe’: The alleged abuse at top drama schools
This Is Why
Sky News
4.0 • 552 Ratings
🗓️ 10 November 2023
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
Students have described their training as being "indoctrinated into this cult-like bubble, and the expectation was to say yes to everything".
On the Sky News Daily, Niall Paterson is joined by correspondent Ashna Hurynag, who has been investigating these allegations. She shares more about her reporting, plus intimacy coordinator Robbie Taylor Hunt describes how to properly teach consent and intimacy in acting.
This podcast contains descriptions of sexual misconduct and harassment.
Podcast producer: Soila Apparicio
Additional reporting: Luke Engelen
Editor: Wendy Parker
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| 1:10.5 | From the actor's strike to the Me Too movement, there have perhaps never been more reasons not to pursue a career as a performer. |
| 1:18.0 | Most who do never really make it big. |
| 1:20.8 | Yet British drama schools are extremely competitive. |
| 1:24.4 | They're the place where many students' dreams of becoming actors on stage |
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