Theatre & Prison - Paperback

by Caoimhe McAvinchey (Author), Margherita Laera (Editor), Natalie Alvarez (Editor)

Theatre and Prison investigates how theatre-makers stage critical questions about the use of prison in society. Using examples from popular culture, dramatic texts and applied theatre it analyses how theatre and performance reveals economies of punishment, affects penal reform and both challenges and participates in narratives of reformation.

Author Biography

CAOIMHE MCAVINCHEY is Lecturer in Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies at Queen Mary, University of London, UK. She was a Research Associate with People's Palace Projects (PPP) and has collaborated on a number of large scale projects on the criminal justice system in Brazil and the UK including Staging Human Rights and Changing the Scene.
CAOIMHE MCAVINCHEY is Lecturer in Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies at Queen Mary, University of London, UK. She was a Research Associate with People's Palace Projects (PPP) and has collaborated on a number of large scale projects on the criminal justice system in Brazil and the UK including Staging Human Rights and Changing the Scene.