Celebrating 10 years of Penned Up (2015 – 2025)
The festival started in HMP Lewes in 2015, it has run programmes in Downview and Erlestoke, with the latter becoming its base. The model is always a committee of prisoners working with the festival directors to put together a programme reflecting the interests and needs of its prison audience.
We’ve hosted guests such as Kit de Waal, Nick Cave, and Raphael Rowe…
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