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Meet Our Playwrights: Somebody Jones

Somebody shares the story behind her name, what it's like writing at Clean Break, and her thoughts on this year's Black History Month theme
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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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Black History Month

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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
a portrait of Somebody Jones

Meet Our Playwrights: Somebody Jones

Somebody shares the story behind her name, what it's like writing at Clean Break, and her thoughts on this year's Black History Month theme
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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Actions not Words: anti-racism consultancy with darvaja

Anti-racism consultants darvaja in conversation with Clean Break
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Wisdom and Laughter with Nubian CoheARTs

Interview with Nubian CoheARTs, a Black women led theatre company
Still from Buddleia: The Unchained Story

Buddleia: Clean Break Member Review

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

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Bitesize Learning Video Series

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Bitesize Learning: Holding Trauma Responses with Care

How do Clean Break facilitators hold spaces safely when trauma responses show up?
Lakesha talks to the camera, illustrated pink swirls surround her

Bitesize Learning: Creative Activity Ideas for Frontline Workers

Three top tips for how to bring creativity into your work as a frontline practitioner.
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Bitesize Learning: Overcoming Self Limiting Beliefs at Work

Understand how self-limiting beliefs could be holding you back and achieve your full potential.

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Creative Wellbeing Video Series

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Creative Wellbeing: Movement

Support your wellbeing through movement. Clean Break Member artist Michelle Hamilton takes us through some of her favourite exercises.
JB Rose singing to camera, illustrations of colourful lines and the word 'Aaah' are around her

Creative Wellbeing: Singing

Support your wellbeing through singing. Facilitator JB Rose takes us through a vocal exercise.
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Creative Wellbeing: Mindfulness

Support your wellbeing through breathwork. Clean Break Member artist Nicole takes us through a mindfulness exercise.

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a portrait of Somebody Jones

Meet Our Playwrights: Somebody Jones

Somebody shares the story behind her name, what it's like writing at Clean Break, and her thoughts on this year's Black History Month theme
a screenshot of tracey anderson talking to the camera, an illustration of a boiling pot is in the corner

Bitesize Learning: Holding Trauma Responses with Care

How do Clean Break facilitators hold spaces safely when trauma responses show up?
Lakesha talks to the camera, illustrated pink swirls surround her

Bitesize Learning: Creative Activity Ideas for Frontline Workers

Three top tips for how to bring creativity into your work as a frontline practitioner.

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Bitesize Learning: Holding Trauma Responses with Care

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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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