#Music Pianist Filippo Gorini brought live classical music to Oregon prisons after other US states declined access. One inmate said the visit rekindled a desire to play again, highlighting music’s power to restore dignity and hope. #ClassicalMusic #PrisonArts

Unlock Drama | Rehabilitation projects through theatre Rehabilitation projects in prisons and the community using Applied Theatre, a form of socially engaged theatre practice with marginalised communities.

@unlockdrama.bsky.social delivering transformative #AppliedTheatre projects with: young people at risk of offending, people in custody & people on probation/lived experience.

www.unlockdrama.com

#ArtsInPrison #PrisonArts #PrisonReform #SecureChildrensHomes #SecureUnit #SecureEstate #YouthJustice

A pair of shoes made with tea leaves and PVA glue

Great to see shoes made from tea leaves from HMP Humber, inspired by my last coproduced exhibition

#NoComment #Exhibition #Art #creativity #prison #PrisonArts #ArtInPrison #SouthBankCentre #PhDJourney #BehindTheClosedCellDoor

We are hiring: Actor / Groupworker - Geese Theatre Company We’re looking for one Actor / Groupworker to play a range of male characters as part of our team of theatre practitioners delivering projects across criminal justice and social welfare settings.

A rare opportunity for male actors interested in drama and theatre in the criminal justice system. www.geese.co.uk/news/we-are-...
#theatreinprison #prisonarts #appliedtheatre #actingjob #lifechanginh

Steve Urquhart // doing bird radio producer / sound artist

This is fabulous. Go to www.listentosteve.com/doingbird and play the mixtapes that @listentosteve.bsky.social made with prisoners responding to archive bird recordings. It’s a brilliant example of co-created art that arises out of a unique encounter with the past #prisonarts

I am extremely grateful to The Chatsworth Players who are raising money for Rideout as part of their current production of Our Country’s Good. Tickets still available for Wirksworth Town Hall for 21 & 23 November. Book here www.tickettailor.com/events/chats... #amatuertheatre #community #prisonarts

If you’re in the vicinity of Warwick University over the next 10 days, head over to the Faculty of Arts to have a look at Monstrous Reputation. Co-created with young men in prison. Inspired by the Bayeux Tapestry, Medieval bestiaries and ideas drawn from narrative criminology. #prisonarts