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Hear from our Members and find resources for women with experience of the criminal justice system, or who are at risk of entering it.

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Interview with Clean Break’s Members Festival Producer

Members Festival Producer Claire Bayley tells us about her experience of working on our 2024 festival, Beyond.
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Who are Clean Break's Member artists?

Cast members of The Trials and Passions of Unfamous Women share their experiences of being a Clean Break Member artist

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Our Members’ voices

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To the Future: Clean Break's Young Artists

Creative writing by Clean Break's Young Artists
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Dixon and Daughters' Posy Sterling and Deborah Bruce in conversation

The playwright and actor answered our questions about Dixon and Daughters.
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Interview with Jennifer Joseph

Clean Break Members Artist Jennifer Joseph on her role in Paradise at the Olivier, and what Clean Break means to her.
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Lucy Edkins on being a Clean Break Member Artist

Interview with Lucy Edkins, Clean Break Member Artist
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Liz Whitbread on becoming a designer

Liz Whitbread tells us about her journey to becoming a designer through Clean Break
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Wisdom and Laughter with Nubian Co-heARTs

Interview with Nubian Co-heARTs, a Black women led theatre company

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Hope

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Co-creating Hope

We asked Hope's co-creators, what was unique about making this film?
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What does Hope mean?

The message behind our film Hope, in the words of it's Co-creators
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Hope

A film from Clean Break
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Blueprint for Hope

A toolkit of ideas, exercises and prompts to accompany our co-created film, Hope.
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Dr. Emily Hart on Hope

An activist's response to Clean Break's film Hope
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Hope: official trailer

"It's not us that needs to change, it's the world"

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Celebrating our Sisters

Emma Dennis-Edwards

Sisterhood and Storytelling with Playwright Emma Dennis-Edwards

An interview with Clean Break commissioned playwright Emma Dennis-Edwards
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Wisdom and Laughter with Nubian Co-heARTs

Interview with Nubian Co-heARTs, a Black women led theatre company

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Sliding Doors: Audio Drama

A personal project from Clean Break Member Sue Sandeman, produced for Beyond: Clean Break Members Festival 2024
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Interview with Clean Break’s Members Festival Producer

Members Festival Producer Claire Bayley tells us about her experience of working on our 2024 festival, Beyond.

Pride Month Blog: Bent Bars

A blog from LGBTQ+ prison pen pal project

What is our Members Programme?

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Find out what Clean Break's Members Programme is, and how you can join.
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Singing Workshops in Women's Centres

Facilitator JB Rose on her creative work in women's centres.
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About us

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Clean Break changes lives and changes minds through theatre – on stage, in prison and in the community. We produce ground-breaking plays with women’s voices at the heart of our work and use theatre to transform the lives of women with experience of the criminal justice system or at risk of entering it.

Our History

Clean Break Theatre Company with the Mayor of Camden outside HMP Holloway, 1986
Clean Break was established by two women in prison in 1979, at HMP Askham Grange, who believed that theatre could bring the hidden stories of women who are criminalised to a wider audience. Explore Clean Break’s radical and unique story in our interactive digital archive.
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