 However , Behan found he could not concentrate on his art in Germany as he was working too hard in the evenings in nightclubs and bars to earn money . Also , as he was doing " too much drinking as well , so unless I wanted to start a new art style where it would 've been very ' <unk> ' [ sic ] to look at , basically I decided I had to do something else " . He resolved to go to London to study acting . After applying to three drama schools he was accepted by the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art ( RADA ) . For about three years from 1990 or 1991 , he lived with his friends from RADA , David Harewood and Danny <unk> , at 39 Ravenshaw Street in West Hampstead . Harewood recalls that his housemates were " fantastic characters " – " It was a wonderful , experimental time . We 'd spend long nights discussing art , life and politics ; smoking weed , drinking lots of whisky , listening to music and throwing furniture on the fire . " 
