‘The Privileged’ uses a furry polar bear suit to confront racism head on. Alice Saville chats to Jamal Harewood about audience reactions, game theatre, and his new performance ‘Word’.

“There’s a huge culture of people from working class backgrounds feeling inadequate within the arts.” Catherine Hoffman explains how shame keeps people powerless, and how her performance as ‘Stench Wench’ comes clean about class.

Scottee’s new show Bravado is an unsparing look at his relationship with masculinity. Here, he looks at confessional performance, self care, and asks “Must all working class artists bleed for their supper?”