Arts Against Guns and Knives

Put it Down! is a rap opera project exploring issues surrounding gun and knife crime that is now available to Youth Offending Teams, Young Offender Institutions, Pupil Referral Units and Schools.

Put it Down! was staged in July 2006 at the Jackson's Lane Theatre in Highgate. It was created with clients of the London Probation Service in partnership with Insight Arts. The Put it Down! concept has now been further developed and can be recreated for your client group in order to incorporate local concerns and young people's views.

Watch short extracts from the
performance on the Escape Artists website

The performance was part of the Arts Against Guns and Knives Festival at the Jackson's Lane Theatre where it was presented to an audience of young people from the local area. Read the Muswell Hill Times news article on the Arts Against Guns and Knives Festival.

Put it Down! can be delivered as part of an OCN accredited learning programme covering subjects such as literacy, numeracy, music and drama.

For more information, please contact us at:

t: 020 7655 0909

e: info@prisonarts.co.uk

or enter your request into our Enquiries Form