Exploring Family at HMP Ranby (2011)
In October 2011, Playing ON visited Ranby prison to deliver an intensive three-week drama programme looking at family and its impact on the lives of the prisoners.
We started by sharing personal stories from which the group created fictional characters to explore real life dilemmas relating to the family. From these situations, we developed dramatic scenarios to make a piece. Following the final performance, several prisoners from the induction wing said that they wanted to sign up for education and were keen to do drama.
““Thanks for your support and guidance, you are up there with the best that have visited Ranby. The guys had some really good things to say about you in the post-performance afternoon session.” ”