Making Amends: an interventionist theatre programme with young offenders

Author: Turner, Jane¹

Source: Research in Drama Education, Volume 12, Number 2, June 2007 , pp. 179-194(16)

Publisher: Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group

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Abstract:

This article discusses a project established at the New Vic Borderlines by Sue Moffat in 1999 titled Making Amends. It is an example of interventionist theatre undertaken with young offenders. The article draws on theories of restorative justice as well as ideas of learning development found in social constructivism in order to evaluate the theatre work and inform the evidence-based research that has emerged from the author's observations of the practice. It highlights some of the challenges that a theatre project such as Making Amends meets when evidencing value and the benefits of embodied and experiential learning to the participants.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1080/13569780701321062

Affiliations: 1: Manchester Metropolitan University, UK

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