What was it?
Magnify was a 2 week intensive project that took place at HMP Five Wells in October 2023.
The cast worked with professional playwright and screenwriter Martha Watson Allpress, along with two directors and a producer to create an original piece of theatre, CONNECTIONS.
The show explored what it means to search for human connection in difficult circumstances, missed connections, long-lost connections and unlikely connections.
CONNECTIONS was performed to a large audience of staff, external industry guests and invited prisoners.
Cast Feedback
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I've been in this environment twenty three years and I've never felt as free as what I feel right now.
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Thank you for believing in us and bringing out the actors in each and every one of us. You don't know what it means to be taken away from every day life as a prisoner.
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I'm very close to release and I had no ambitions. But I'm good at this. It's kind of prevented me from getting out and being completely lost. You'll see me in Eastenders in a year! It's been a blessing.
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“When I came into prison, I thought I would want to forget every second. These are two weeks I never want to forget.”
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