Staging Justice

A two-year AHRC Research, Development and Engagement Fellowship that critically explores the landscape of theatre practices in the criminal legal system in the UK, paying particular attention to the work of Rideout (Creative Arts for Rehabilitation).

This research asks

1) How has the work of Rideout Creative Arts for Rehabilitation contributed to and shaped prison arts practices, public understandings of justice, and policy reform in the UK over the past 25 years?;

2) What new knowledges of carceral sites and understandings of incarceration can be produced from utilising an interdisciplinary approach in arts projects that engage people in prison?;

3) What strategies can archival practice offer to capture the acutely ephemeral nature of prison theatre practices and how might contemporary arts and criminal justice practitioners be supported toengage with the emergent histories of this field?