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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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How can the arts help break the cycle of gender-based violence and criminalisation?

Jacqueline Stewart, Head of Participation and Deputy CEO and a Clean Break Member share their insights on how survivors are swept into the criminal justice system, and what Clean Break can do to help.

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Member Film Reviews

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Adra Ni Y Môr: Clean Break Member Review

Member Sofi M shares her interpretation of the film Adra Ni Y Môr
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Violet Gave Willingly: Clean Break Member Review

Member artist Kim Theresa (KT) Marsh shares her interpretation of the film Violet Gave Willingly
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Home: Clean Break Member Review

Member Claire shares her review of the film Home
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Hope: Clean Break Member Review

Member Susannah shares her interpretation of our film Hope
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Buddleia: Clean Break Member Review

Member Pepe shares her interpretation of the film Buddleia: The Unchained Story
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Sandwiches: Clean Break Member Review

Member Su shares her thoughts on the film Sandwiches
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Boiling Frogs: Clean Break Member Review

Member Claire shares her interpretation of the film Boiling Frogs

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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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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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women at a Clean Break workshop sat on chairs in a circle, the Big Give logo in the corner

How can the arts help break the cycle of gender-based violence and criminalisation?

Jacqueline Stewart, Head of Participation and Deputy CEO and a Clean Break Member share their insights on how survivors are swept into the criminal justice system, and what Clean Break can do to help.
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10 Stories by Black Artists That Reclaim the Narrative

Clean Break's Associate Artistic Director Lakesha Arie-Angelo shares her picks from stage and screen for Black History Month
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Buddleia: Clean Break Member Review

Member Pepe shares her interpretation of the film Buddleia: The Unchained Story

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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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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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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