by Kestrel Theatre Company | Mar 20, 2019 | News
Photo credit: Pank SethiThanks to the generous sponsorship of Benugo 160 guests enjoyed a fantastic evening of comedy hosted by Clive Anderson. Justin Moorhouse, Tessa Coates, and PhilNWang helped us raise over £20,000 for our work with people in prison.Here’s a...
by Kestrel Theatre Company | Mar 20, 2019 | News
Senior Officer Jo Major tending to BACO mascots Mavis and Mabel. The miniature donkeys were there to welcome children to the Springhill Christmas pantomime Jack-a-lad-in-the-beanstalk Devised and written by 15 men from HMP Springhill, there were five performances to...
by Kestrel Theatre Company | Mar 20, 2019 | Original Drama (Theatre)
Over 5 weeks fifteen men from HMP Springhill devised an original pantomime. There were 5 performances to over 300 residents, staff, family and friends. This was our first collaboration with the Irene Taylor Trust who worked with the men to compose original music and...
by Kestrel Theatre Company | Oct 8, 2018 | Original Drama (Theatre)
A five week theatre project with eight men from HMP Springhill. Invited back to perform Broken Dreams, a play devised at Springhill with playwright Simon Longman in 2017, the men rehearsed for three weeks in Bicester. Supported by Chiltern Railways, they then headed...
by Kestrel Theatre Company | Oct 1, 2018 | News
Kestrel returned to The Royal Court Theatre with a new cast from HMPSpringhill for a SOLD OUT run of seven shows in August and several standing ovations. You can read some of the responses to the showHERE. Thank you to the company and the incredible support from staff...
