A new commission with multiple award winning Irish theatre company.
Month: November 2017
Past Time: Exploring the history of prison food and mental health
Dr Margaret Charleroy introduces a new commission working with Rideout (Creative Arts for Rehabilitation) at HMP Hewell.
Reflections on Disorder Contained
Catherine Cox and Hilary Marland reflect on their involvement in the production of Disorder Contained with Talking Birds theatre company and ask what historians can learn and gain from the process.
Geese Theatre Company Commissioned to Work in Prison Mother & Baby Unit
Dr Rachel Bennett introduces a new commissioned theatre piece exploring life in an English prison’s Mother and Baby unit.
AIDS / HIV crisis in Mountjoy Prison in the 1980’s
Dr Janet Weston writes about the AIDS / HIV crisis in Mountjoy Prison in the 1980’s.
Exploring the history of prisoner health 