Community Justice
For over ten years, Theatr Clwyd has been working with young people, in schools and colleges, looking at the consequences of crime and criminal behaviour among young people. One of these performance-based and interactive workshops is Justice in a Day which I have written about previously. Recently, the theatre has developed another workshop with the support of the Police and Crime Commissioner for North Wales, Safer Streets Fund and the Youth Justice team. This workshop was designed to be performed in the community for young people aged 10-17 to attend along with their parent/carer/guardian. The workshop follows the story of a young man, who steadily becomes involved with the wrong crowd and finds himself on the wrong side of the law. It starts with the facilitators and professional actors explaining the background of the justice series - Connor’s Time, Consent etc. They explained how they have designed interactive workshops and the purpose is to enjoy it and learn. They set the s...