TARGET GROUPS

• Offenders, ex-offenders and young people at risk
• In prisons, Young Offenders Institutes, Youth Offending Teams, Youth Inclusion Programmes
• Within the community, public and urban spaces and large-scale cultural establishments

GEOGRAPHICAL CONTEXT
UK, Western and Southern Europe

COMPANY POLICY
Insight specialises in cutting-edge contemporary work that ranges from short workshops and residencies to large-scale public work, using the arts as an imaginative territory to explore change. The work is all devised, the content deriving from the participants themselves, which guarantees its relevance. The company uses multi-arts approaches to engage participants and audiences alike, and is unique in its use of transformative techniques that bring together leading artists and offenders. Insight has extensive experience in delivering training for participants, staff and the sector.

SCALE OF PROJECTS
Number of practitioners: 2-8
Number of participants: 5-20
Preparation time: 2 days - 2 months
Contact time: 2 days - 3 years

PERMANENT STAFF: 24
Sharon Kennet, Artistic Director
Nicola Hutcheson, Director
Anna Reynolds, Outreach Worker
Ruth Breckell, Administrator

Sanctuary (UK, 2002)
Professional public show with ex-offenders and leading artists which transformed a large park, lake and modern pavilion using drama, video and sound. The show was a promenade piece of theatre.

Face (UK, 2002–04)
Drama and video four-day residencies looking at offending behaviour and personal stories, working with inmates in adult and Young Offenders Institutions.

Autophotography (UK, 2002–04)
Drama and digital photography project using the immediacy and transformative capacity of digital photography to explore personal change and offending behaviour in a new and exciting way, teaching new skills to 14 to16 year-olds within young offending teams, over a three-week period.

New Life Maps (UK, 1997–98)
Drama-based research programme within prisons. With European partners.

Face
Ongoing in prisons (see Case Studies)

Autophotography
Ongoing with Youth Offending Teams (see Case Studies)

On The Spot
Creation of two new video installations with people on probation, in collaboration with The Peabody Trust and Royal Opera House. Dates and partnerships to be confirmed. (2003/04)

Sharon Kennet
Insight Arts Trust
Greatorex Street
London E1 5NF

T +44 (0)20 7247 0778
F +44 (0)20 7247 8077

E sharon@insightartstrust.demon.co.uk

“Haunting, funny…a place of secrets and refuge and somewhere to dream.”
Sanctuary Reviewer, The Times

“As someone who has experiences of being caught up in the criminal justice system I can also see the benefits gained by others…at a key stage in their lives. I’ve seen many of the participants move to college and other career paths to pursue the arts or just feeling stable/confident enough to go into the work market as opposed to falling back into a negative routine.”
Current Insight facilitator

“Enthralling and entertaining…the performance showed the quality and calibre of the Trust’s work…the quality of acting and the focus of the performance was superb.”
Probation Service Partnership Manager and audience member on Sanctuary

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