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Discover more about Clean Break’s work on stage, putting women’s voices in the spotlight.

Hope

A film from Clean Break
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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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Theatre Making

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Writing a Clean Break play with Deborah Bruce

Dixon and Daughters writer talks about writing a Clean Break play
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Performing in a Clean Break play with the cast of Dixon and Daughters

An interview with Alison Fitzjohn, Yazmin Kayani, Posy Sterling, Andrea Lowe and Liz White
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Co-producing a Clean Break play with Maya Ellis

Producer Maya Ellis explains how a Clean Break play is made
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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Liz Whitbread on becoming a designer

Liz Whitbread tells us about her journey to becoming a designer through 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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My journey with Sweatbox

Actor, Funke Adeleke shares her experience of working on Sweatbox from tour to screen.
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Interview with Blis-ta director Róisín McBrinn

Roísín's experience of working with Sonya Hale and directing Clean Break's audio drama Blis-ta

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The Trials and Passions of Unfamous Women

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"Society as a whole are quite scared of angry women"

Meet cast members of The Trials and Passions of Unfamous Women, our co-production with LIFT and Brixton House
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What Does the Criminal Justice System Look Like in 2024?

Clean Break Trustee Naima Sakande explains what the criminal justice system really is, and what needs to change.
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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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Imagine Another Way

Our Patrons, Baroness Helena Kennedy KC and Dame Harriett Walter DBE respond to questions from Clean Break Members.

How do we change the story about women in the criminal justice system?

Watch speeches from a joint event with Women/Theatre/Justice.

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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
Lead still for Clean Break film, Hope

Hope

A film from Clean Break
A blueprint for Hope front cover

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
Lead still for Clean Break film, Hope

Hope: official trailer

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

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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
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Sandwiches: Clean Break Member Review

Member Su shares her thoughts on the film Sandwiches

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A Proposal for Resisting Darkness

An audio drama by Yasmin Joseph in collaboration with HMP Downview Theatre Company
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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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