Tag: archives
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50 Years of Prison Theatre and 50 Questions for Constructing a Prison Arts Archive
2024 marks fifty years since the foundation of Stirabout, the first British theatre company formed specifically to take performances and workshops into prisons. It also marks the establishment of the Rideout Archive at the Bristol Theatre Collection. The Staging Justice project seeks to contribute to, and develop strategies for, the emergent historiographies of arts in…
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Liberatory Memory Work in Prison Arts Archives
Rideout is a culturally significant arts and criminal justice organisation based in Stoke on Trent. Established in 1999 by Saul Hewish and Chris Johnston, Rideout delivers theatre projects in prison and probation settings, and undertakes distinctive interdisciplinary creative collaborations in its work. The company has worked across theatre, music, sculpture, and film; as well as…
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