Performing Arts in Prisons

Captive Audiences

Edited by Michael Balfour, Brydie-Leigh Bartleet, Linda Davey, John Rynne, Huib Schippers

Publication date:

08 April 2019

Publisher

Intellect

ISBN-13: 9781789380156

BOOK DESCRIPTION
TABLE OF CONTENTS

Performing Arts in Prisons explores prison arts in Australia, the United States, the United Kingdom and Chile, and creates a new framework for understanding its practices. There is a growing body of evidence that suggests music, theatre, poetry and dance can contribute to prisoner wellbeing, management, rehabilitation and reintegration. Performing Arts in Prisons represents a range of distinct perspectives on thesubject, from an inspector of prisons to the voice of the prisoner. The book includes a spectrum of arts approaches and models of practice alongside theory, critical commentary and accounts of personal experience to present a full analysis of the value and effects of creative arts in prison.

Preface Introduction: Performing arts in prisons – creative perspectives M. Balfour, B.-L. Bartleet, L. Davey, J. Rynne and H. Schippers Chapter 1: A correctional perspective on the creative arts in prisons A. Day Chapter 2: Geese Theatre Company – 30 years on L. Heywood, A. Watson MBE and M. Balfour Chapter 3: One Mob Different Country: First Peoples of Australia dance in Darwin Prison J. Rynne, D. Lew Fatt and B. Schroder Chapter 4: ‘This place is full of drama queens’: Reflecting on the value of drama in a women’s prison S. Woodland Chapter 5: Through the looking glass: A voice from the inside Anya (pseudonym) Chapter 6: Breaking the fifth wall: How performance might assist desistance from crime L. Davey Chapter 7: Drumming interventions in Australian prisons: Insights from the Rhythm2Recovery model S. Faulkner and B.-L. Bartleet Chapter 8: Arts in Corrections New Zealand J. Moyes Chapter 9: The play’s the thing: Performance in Prison Shakespeare R. Pensalfini Chapter 10: ‘Heart and heartbeat’: Working beyond prison theatre, performing protagonismo social in the real world P. Glass Chapter 11: ‘Strategies for success’: Trusting the power of the arts M. Clarke Chapter 12: Performing arts activities with hopes to build positive self-identity, heal harms and broaden the US public’s perceptions of people inside prisons M. L. Cohen Chapter 13: Unlocked: Prison poetry workshops as a key to engaging inmates J. Featherstone and H. Schippers Chapter 14: ‘Music is the colour of my skin’: The story of the Murru Band D. Billing and D. Palmer Concluding reflections M. Balfour, B.-L. Bartleet, L. Davey, J. Rynne and H. Schippers Index