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...
by kestrel | Apr 9, 2018 | Blog
Wednesday 28 March 2018 Jokes, drama and heart felt political statements: A Celebration Of The Spoken Word had it all. A crowd of several dozen visitors mixed with Spinghill residents in the prison boardroom to hear the results of the second Kestrel Spoken Word...
by kestrel | Nov 29, 2017 | Blog
We are now in Week 4 of our second collaboration with HMP Springhill and The Royal Court Theatre, where men from HMP Springhill devise and perform their own play both to fellow residents from HMP Springhill and at The Royal Court Theatre in London. This year we have...
