In 2016 the doors of Reading Gaol were opened for an exhibition “Inside” put on by Artangel. This included works by world renowned artists and performances of Oscar Wilde’s The Ballad of Reading Gaol and De Profundis read by Rupert Everett and Patti Smith. The Artangel link below has videos of the performances. RABBLE Theatre (at that time known as Reading Between the Lines) performed Beth Flintoff’s play “Oscar Wilde on Trial”.
Over 45,000 people visited the Artangel event.
Inside
See information on Artangel’s website about Inside including videos of Rupert Everett reading The Ballad of Reading Gaol and Patti Smith reading De Produndis
Inside: Artists and Writers in Reading Prison review – a momentous Artangel project
Artists and writers honour Oscar Wilde’s prison years in a series of works that explore the agony of isolation
