THE SEVEN ACTS OF MERCY – STORIES FROM THE STREETSAnders Lustgarten, the Writer of The Seven Acts of Mercy meets with Louise from Sharewear, a facility for providing clothing and bedding for people in need. For the past two years, Louise, a 46-year-old ex-teacher and community worker, has been running Sharewear –a “clothes bank”. She describes the people who come through the doors as in “crisis”: anyone from job seekers to Syrian refugees, from low-paid workers to people on benefits Find out more about Sharewear here: https://sharewearclothingscheme.org/ Find out more about The Seven Acts of Mercy here: https://www.rsc.org.uk/the-seven-acts-of-mercy #RSCMercy

Posted by Royal Shakespeare Company on Thursday, 8 December 2016