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Lessons in Sweetieland: Matthew Bourne's old primary school dance his Nutcracker! by Chris Wiegand

Walthamstow's Roger Ascham school has a superstar ex-pupil: Matthew Bourne. Now his company is putting on a show with the students " almost 500 of them It looks, at first glance, like a regular rehearsal for a school play. A line of primary students march around the hall brandishing handmade props, feet stomping and pigtails swinging. But this school in Walthamstow, east London, has a superstar alumnus and all the pu…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:00AM on March 12, 2019

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