32. Cell Outs - The Adventures and Misadventures of Two Former Prison Officers Turned Trauma Trainers / Thespians

Send us Fan MailThis week,  our presenter Iulia is speaking to two ex-prison officers who've written a dark comedy about their experiences. Harriet and Ella signed up to a graduate scheme become front-line workers in a men's prison and women's prison respectively, and emerged hardened and, in their words, 'brutalised'. Their play, Cell Outs, navigates the dissonance between humour and the harsh realities of prisons. We talk about difficult subjects such as trauma, but also about aubergines and the importance of laughter in dark times. The officers have emerged from this dark experience of being made to feel sub-human and forcing themselves to make others feel sub-human wiser, and offer an alarming and important insight into the state of our prison system, as it exists. Their play will be touring the UK over the next few months, do look out for it coming to a city near you, soon.  For last minute tickets this week, check out the link below for the performance at the  Pleasance Theatre.  For tickets, go to https://www.glasshousetheatre.co.uk/Social media: https://www.instagram.com/glasshousetheatre/?hl=en-gb  This episode was hosted by Iulia Teodorescu and produced by Trystan Kent.Support the showFor more unmissable content from The View sign up here