Playing for Time in ‘The Dolls’ House’
Issues of Community and Collaboration in the Devising of Theatre in a Women’s prison

By Annie McKean, University of Winchester

First published in the Journal Research in Drama Education Vol. 11, No 3, November 2006, pp. 313-327

This article focuses on aspects of devising and staging a play written for a group of women prisoners.  The project raised issues concerning the nature of community theatre in secure institutions.  Arts work in a community context is often predicated on notions of intervention and transformation.  A central question underpinning the project concerned the nature of transformation through theatre on a personal level, within the institution and through debates with audience members who came to see the piece.

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