Out for the day. Out for good. I feel like it's tattooed on my forehead.
29 –30 November 2012
Creatives
Associate Director – Juliet Knight
Designer – Hattie Spice
Sound Designer – Emma Laxton
Production Manager – Bo Barton
Stage Managers – Claire Essex and Alison Pottinger
Costume Supervisor – Sian Harris
Lighting Designer – Aideen Malone
Six women share a room in a prison dormitory. Rae reads poetry, Mo thinks she is going to die, Margaret writes letters, Sonia watches loud television, and Julia copes with sarcasm. Catherine tries to get ready. Preparing for release: town visits, home visits, pep talks and nerves; the stakes are high and expectations mounting for Catherine and the people in her life.
Acclaimed actor Zawe Ashton (Dreams of a Life, Fresh Meat) joins a cast of eight residents at HM Prison & YOI Askham Grange to perform a play created for them by award-winning playwright Chloë Moss. There Are Mountains is a new play set at the moment of release from prison and the impact on one woman, her family and her community.
HM Prison & YOI Askham Grange is located just outside of York in the village of Askham Richard.
