Manchester Crime and Justice Film Festival
Four popular films present research-based and practical ideas and solutions to give an alternative take on crime, justice and punishment in the 21st century.
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4 events,
The Listening Room
This award-winning play from Crowded Room features the true stories of five people whose lives have been transformed by a violent crime and explores the impact of restorative justice.
Exploring women’s imprisonment through art
A collaborative project and art exhibition from academic Dr Susy Menis, Birkbeck School of Law, and artists Noriko Hisazumi and Fabiana Vigna.
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Locked in the Pen screening and spoken word night
Locked in the Pen screening and spoken word night
Screening of three films and live spoken word from a creative writing and film-making programme developed with probation service users in Lambeth.
4 events,
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What If We Choose: rehearsed reading
What If We Choose: rehearsed reading
Intestinal Fortitude Theatre and Jack Hess present the results of a 14 week prison playwriting project.
3 events,
Applying Shakespeare II
Following the success of its first gathering in 2018, the Shakespeare Institute is holding another one-day conference to consider how Shakespeare is used within applied theatre contexts.
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Reading for Life: Shared Literary Reading in Secure Contexts
Reading for Life: Shared Literary Reading in Secure Contexts
This workshop explores the new research evidence on the impact of Shared Reading in secure settings.
3 events,
Women’s prison activism symposium
One-day symposium bringing together researchers, creative thinkers, artists, and wider communities interested in policing and criminal justice with a particular focus on women’s transnational prison activism.
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Clean Break information day
Clean Break information day
Clean Break is holding a day of workshops, talks and performances exploring the work of the women and criminal justice theatre company and its Members programme.
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Recovery Movements: art, addiction, activism
Gain an insight into the power of participatory dance theatre practices for working with people in recovery from addiction at Tate Exchange Liverpool.
3 events,
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The RSA Northampton: the arts and social change
The RSA Northampton: the arts and social change
Hear more about project led by professional artists and RSA Fellows alongside C2C Social Action, a Northamptonshire charity providing support to any individual at any stage of the criminal justice system.
5 events,
Sweatbox: a prison van in motion
From women's theatre company Clean Break, immersive production Sweatbox is a theatre experience that takes place in a real prison van.
Sweatbox
Clean Break's Sweatbox invites you to enter the back of a prison van in which three women inside share their stories of arrival and anticipation as they are transported from court to prison, from prison to prison, from prison to court.
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NCJAA annual meeting 2019
NCJAA annual meeting 2019
Our annual meeting will be at FACT Gallery to launch a new publication to support arts organisations who want to work in criminal justice settings and begin our regional development work in the North West.
