Apples in Winter Post-show Discussion Participants:
Thursday 6th October
Bruce Houlder CB QC DL - Criminal lawyer, Judge, and former chairman of the Criminal Bar Association of England and Wales. Over the course of 52 years he has prosecuted, defended and sat as a judge in serious criminal cases. Retiring in 2020, he founded the charity Fighting Knife Crime London, to devote all his time and energy to keeping young people away from the criminal justice system.
Andy Keen-Downs has been Chief Executive of Prison Advice & Care Trust since 2005, steering the charity through a period of significant growth. He is regularly sought for his expertise on criminal justice reform, most recently for BBC Radio 4’s ‘File on 4’, and acts as a pro-bono advisor to both Lord Michael Farmer and Catholic Bishop for Prisons Richard Moth.
Friday 7th October - The Forgiveness Project
The Forgiveness Project shares stories of forgiveness in order to build hope, empathy and understanding.
Sandra Barefoot has over 25 years’ experience of facilitation and programme management within many diverse contexts, and in particular within theatre and the arts. Sandra is the Programme Manager for The Forgiveness Project’s prison programme, RESTORE and a lead facilitator of this work for over nine years. Sandra is a creative artist working within performance, dance, visual arts, poetry and photography and is passionate about embedding all her practice within RESTORE.
Dunia Shafik - In 2016 Dunia’s life was turned upside down after her son was sentenced to 22 years for murder. Since then, she has devoted herself to helping young people and prisoners. Dunia is trained in childhood, youth and community work and is a life coach, NLP Master practitioner and Storyteller. The Forgiveness Project. Founder, A Life of Choices
Saturday 8th October
Dr Alison Frater is a consultant in public health with extensive experience working in health and justice - in research, policy and practice; she also co-chair’s women’s theatre company, Clean Break. Former Chair, National Criminal Justice Arts Association.
Darren Raymond set up Intermission Youth Theatre in 2008. He trained as an actor with the London Shakespeare Workout and was introduced to Intermission when performing Othello in a guest production. Darren's external directing credits include Shakespeare Walks, Sonnet Sunday, and Voices in the Dark for Shakespeare's Globe. He is a member of the RSC's Education Advisory Committee and a Mentor for the National Criminal Justice Arts Association.
Monday 10th October - World day Against the Death Penalty
Paul Bridges - I have been an Amnesty volunteer for many years. I am also an Amnesty trainer, training Amnesty members and other groups on a range of human rights topics. Five years ago I and a few other Amnesty activists formed the Anti-Death Penalty Project whose objectives are to raise awareness of, and campaign against, the death penalty.
Ricky Romain is a visual artist and Sitar player. His early work was inspired by Indian classical music, colourful, romantic responses to the natural world and his Jewish heritage. Since 2000 his work has become exclusively political, focusing on inequality, resilience of the human spirit, asylum, conflict resolution, containment, and injustice.
Tuesday 11th October
Charlie Ryder served eight months in prison for his part in a protest against racism then produced a one-man play about his experience inside, and an arts magazine for people in prison. For five years he ran volunteer mentoring schemes supporting people in prison. He is now an unpaid carer for his mother. www.charlieryder.co.uk
Wednesday 12th October
Paula Harriott - Head of Prisoner Involvement, Prison Reform Trust. Paula leads on developing prisoner leadership in the debate about criminal justice policy, and integrating prisoner voice and expertise into the work of the Prison Reform Trust. A prominent lived-experience leader in the sector, she leads the Prisoner Policy Network of c. 1000 serving and former prisoners. In 2021 she led the first-ever leadership programme for formerly-incarcerated leaders working in the social justice sector. Her work builds on a deep passion for creating systemic change that rests on principles of equity and inclusion, stemming from personal experiences as a prisoner 2004-2012.
Dominic Taylor - I’ve worked in theatre since training as an actor at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. Volunteering in a jail led to working in the probation service, as a prison officer, in headquarters roles, and writing a play, Stop Search, that sparked a parliamentary debate.
Thursday 13th October
Martin Lloyd-Elliott is a chartered psychologist, a Jungian psychotherapist and a leadership coach and has also worked as a columnist, documentary film producer, author and photographer. He works in private practice in London and all over the world, and has sold over a million books. He holds LOVE to be the core healing and connecting principle at the centre of all his work. www.lloyd-elliott.com
Clive Stafford Smith JD OBE is a dual UK-US national, the founder and director of 3DCentre a non-profit human rights training centre. He previously founded and directed the legal action charities Reprieve (in London), and LCAC (in New Orleans). Since 1984 he has represented over 400 people facing execution in the US and elsewhere, as well as bringing the first challenge to Guantánamo Bay, where he has secured the release of 81 detainees. Upon returning to the UK he has continued to represent prisoners. In 2000, he was awarded the OBE by Queen Elizabeth II for ‘services to humanity’. He lives in Dorset UK.
Friday 14th October
Nana Antwi-Nyanin grew up in Hackney. He got into acting when he was eleven, performing at Her Majesty's Theatre in Bugsy Malone, Porgy and Bess at Glyndebourne and King Priam with Kent Opera. In his teenage years, he had some brushes with the law and spent some time in prison. In 2004 he turned his life around. Nana joined Intermission initially as a volunteer to Intermission Youth Theatre where he quickly developed his facilitation and coaching skills. He was appointed Youth Engagement & Facilitation Manager in 2020.- Youth Engagement & Community Empowerment.
Charlie Wineberg - Executive Director, Safe Ground. Charlie began as a youth worker in 1992. Since then she has designed and delivered creative and therapeutic group work in Leicester, London, Nicaragua and South Africa. She has worked with Safe Ground in UK prisons since 2010. Charlie's work includes the design and delivery of a range of girls and women's groups, interventions and alliances.
Saturday 15th October
Jennifer Fawcett - I grew up in rural Eastern Ontario and spent many years in Canada making theatre before coming to the United States. I have an MFA from the Iowa Playwrights Workshop and was a founding member of Working Group Theatre. My work has been produced in regional theatres across the country. Apples in Winter won the National New Play Network Smith Prize and the Susan Glaspell Award. Other plays include Atlas of Mud (Kennedy Center National Science Playwriting Award), Out of Bounds (NEFA National Theatre Award with Working Group), and Birth Witches (nominated for the ATCA/Steinburg New Play Award). jenniferfawcettauthor.com
