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

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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
An illustration of 6 magical women in the clouds, with the title 'A proposal for resisting darkness by Yasmin Joseph in collaboration with HMP Downview theatre company'

A Proposal for Resisting Darkness

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

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Hope

the cast of Hope embracing

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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Dixon and Daughters

Posy in rehearsals for Dixon and Daughters, she is wearing a grey tracksuit and smiling

Dixon and Daughters' Posy Sterling and Deborah Bruce in conversation

The playwright and actor answered our questions about Dixon and Daughters.

What is needed from society to break the cycle of violence against women and girls?

Baroness Helena Kennedy KC on taking VAWG seriously

Why does she stay?

Stephanie Covington explores the link between gender-based violence and the criminal justice system
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Co-producing a Clean Break play with Maya Ellis

Producer Maya Ellis explains how a Clean Break play is made
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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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Writing a Clean Break play with Deborah Bruce

Dixon and Daughters writer talks about writing a Clean Break play
a photo of Briana from Dixon and Daughters

How can we support survivors of Child Sexual Abuse?

Nicole Walsh on why CSA needs to be treated as more than a 'negative childhood experience'

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Digital theatre

An illustration of 6 magical women in the clouds, with the title 'A proposal for resisting darkness by Yasmin Joseph in collaboration with HMP Downview theatre company'

A Proposal for Resisting Darkness

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

Blis-ta

A bold and startling audio drama by Sonya Hale
a woman looks out of the window of a prison van

Sweatbox

Chloë Moss’s Clean Break play is transformed into an electric adaptation for the screen.
Lead still for Clean Break film, Hope

Hope

A film from Clean Break
the cast of Hope embracing

Co-creating Hope

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

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screenshots of three cast members of the trials and passions of unfamous women on a lilac background

"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
a photo of Yasmin Joseph wearing a green jumper on a beige background

Yasmin Joseph on Playwrighting with HMP Downview Theatre Company

An interview with the writer of A Proposal for Resisting Darkness
An illustration of 6 magical women in the clouds, with the title 'A proposal for resisting darkness by Yasmin Joseph in collaboration with HMP Downview theatre company'

A Proposal for Resisting Darkness

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

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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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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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