Why does British theatre leave working-class actors waiting in the wings?
Poorer drama students face an uphill struggle, with funding cuts and rising fees. But British theatre may be the loser unless more actors from a range of backgrounds take centre stageWhen Irfan Samji was growing up in Ladbroke Grove, west London, a career on stage seemed "a pretty outlandish idea". His parents " a mother from Zambia and a father from India " had come to Britain together in 1996 and they did not go to…