3.0
Review: The Special Relationship, Soho Theatre
The Special Relationship is a documentary theatre piece that works both as a fun night out and as a punch in your stomach. The impact of knowing that the event...
prison
3.0
4.0
Review: Screwdriver, Lyric Hammersmith
As posited by Oscar Wilde, “one of the many lessons that one learns in prison is that things are what they are and will be what they will be.” However, in Eve ...
5.0
Review: Shook, Southwark Playhouse
Shook, Samuel Bailey’s debut play, gives an honest and powerful insight into just what is going on with young working-class British boys as they become lost in...
3.0
Review: The Jumper Factory, The Weston Studio
Built in 1851, HMP Wandsworth is one of the largest prisons in Western Europe. It currently holds 1628 Category B prisoners. I did not know this. We are ta...
Blog: Write what you know – how one ex-prisoner’s experiences gave him the tools to turn playwright
First-time playwright John Stanley’s play The Monkey sees him delve through his own experiences of the prison system to paint a darkly comic picture of thieves ...
Edinburgh Review: Boosters, ZOO
Boosters is a merciless critique of the British justice system and its considerable pitfalls. Through a combination of story telling and poignant real life reco...