by Kestrel Theatre Company | Oct 2, 2019 | Blog
It was a lovely September Sunday morning when the Kestrel football team arrived to take part in the first ever Spring Hill 5-a-side football tournament. Involving outside teams from partner organisations, plus teams of residents, this was a bold initiative by the...
by Kestrel Theatre Company | Jul 20, 2019 | Blog
The play reading on Friday was an absolute triumph. In front of a packed audience of some 100 residents of HMP Grendon, 20 visitors and a dozen staff in Grendon’s conference centre, three superb actors (Jason York, Amaka Okafor, aand Jonathan McGuinness) – ably...
by kestrel | Apr 3, 2019 | Blog
It’s week 2 of our playwriting workshops at HMP Grendon. Award winning playwright Simon Longman who worked with men form HMP Springhill to devise and perform their original play Broken Dreams at The Royal Court Theatre in London in 2017, is back this time next...
by kestrel | Apr 3, 2019 | Blog
Following the success of the Christmas panto at HMP Springhill, Kestrel are now running a weekly Drama Club. Actor Jason York runs the sessions and every week he is joined by a specialist in their field. We have been really lucky to have Kiell Smith Bynoe running...
by kestrel | Jan 5, 2019 | Blog
Congratulations to all the cast and musicians for their amazing original pantomime Jack A lad in the Beanstalk. Great performances all round (Oh yes there were!) from the 11 strong cast and some unexpected new characters included a hilarious Bickering Beanstalk. This...
by kestrel | May 16, 2018 | Blog
STORYTELLING WITH PUPPETS AT HMP GRENDON These guys have been living in the library at HMP Grendon for the past month, as part of Kestrel Theatre Company’s storytelling with puppets project kindly supported by the wonderful Button Moon Trust. Six men from B, C and D...
