Between 2017 – 2020 Probationary has been played about 80 times, with around a 400 players, and an audience of 2800 people. The games are a mix of public events (highlighted below) and closed private plays with people within the Criminal Justice System (CJS), such at the Ministry of Justice, The Prison and Probation Ombudsman, and a Young Offenders Institute. The closed events allowed stakeholders within the CJS to have frank, open conversations about the probation system without risk or judgement as they were able to speak through the game play and fictional players.
Seo-Seoul Museum of Art
Seoul, South Korea 21 November 2020
Game Happens Festival – Elements of Change
Genoa, Italy 9-10 November 2019
Manchester International Festival – School of Integration
Manchester, UK 5 May 2019
Yorkshire Game Festival
Bradford, UK 8 February 2019
London Design Festival
London, UK 22-23 September 2018
Tate Exchange – Tate Modern
London, UK 13 June 2018
Howard League for Penal Reform Conference
Oxford, UK 21-22 March 2018