The Indo Daily: ‘I shouldn’t really be here’ – Comedian Willa White on overcoming drug addiction and prison
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Comedian Willa White appears in the new documentary film, North Circular
Given his success as a comedian, actor, and podcast host, Willa White is a natural storyteller, and his own life story is a tale worth hearing.
On the outside looking in, the young Willa had a perfectly normal and carefree life, but behind closed doors, violence and fear filled the household.
Desperate to escape, he began taking drugs at a starkly young age before fleeing to the UK in search of a new life at the age of 16.
Rather than provide a straight and narrow path, London only furthered Willa’s descent into drug addiction and petty crime.
Prison was inevitable, and it became something of a revolving door. Over the years, Willa grew intimately familiar with his confines, but it was inside those walls that he somehow, against all odds, found his way out.
On this episode of The Indo Daily, host Dave Hanratty is joined by Willa White to hear how his experience set the stage for his play The Examination…
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