Rewriting Justice: facilitating playwriting in criminal justice settings

Rewriting Justice is a one-day training course for theatre-artists, early career playwrights and criminal justice professionals with a particular interest in how to facilitate playwriting workshops in criminal justice settings, women's centres and the community as well as examining the personal and social value of this work.

The day will be facilitated by Clean Break’s Artistic Director, Anna Herrmann and Associate Artistic Director Lakesha Arie-Angelo.

Through drama and playwriting exercises, group work and discussion, participants will:

• Learn creative ideas and exercises for facilitating playwriting with women in criminal justice settings
• Identify best practice when working creatively with adults in vulnerable circumstances
• Hear insights about working in prisons as a playwright for Clean Break
• Explore next steps for those interested in pursuing this field as a career

**A limited number of bursary places are available to anyone who has direct personal (not professional) experience of the criminal justice system.

To apply for these, please write explaining your interest in the training event to [email protected], marking your email with BURSARY REQUEST in the subject heading by Tuesday 10 September 2024.

If you have any access requirements you would like us to be aware of, please contact [email protected] and let us know.

This training is open to participants who are women (this includes cis, intersex, and trans women)

About the Facilitators

Anna Herrmann is Artistic Director of Clean Break. She has been working in the field of theatre and social change for over thirty years, specialising in theatre and participation in the UK and abroad. She joined Clean Break as Head of Education in 2002, becoming Joint Artistic Director/Joint CEO in 2018. With Clean Break she has directed Through This Mist (co-directed with Róisín McBrinn), Sweatbox (national tour and film), Not Pretty Like The Rainbow (national tour) and Catch (national tour). In July 2020 Anna was elected as Co-chair of the National Criminal Justice Arts Alliance, stepping down in July 2022.

Lakesha Arie-Angelo is Clean Break's Associate Artistic Director. She is a theatre director, writer, dramaturg, facilitator and previously Associate Director at Soho Theatre. In her role within Soho Theatre, Lakesha co-led the Writers Lab programme and was lead programmer of theatre in the Upstairs Studio space. Her credits as a Director include The Color Purple (2022 UK tour, for Leicester Curve and Birmingham Hippodrome; Nominated for 2023 Black British Theatre Award for Best Musical Production); Sikisa-Life of the Party (Pleasance Theatre Edinburgh, Soho Theatre); Shuck ‘n’ Jive and soft animals (Soho Theatre); Summer Fest and Alive Day (The Bunker Theatre); and The Hoes (Hampstead Theatre).

Photography by Tracey Anderson

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