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29.01.20

Clean Break Members to Take Part in The Lullaby Project

We are excited to announce that Clean Break Members will be taking part in The Lullaby Project in 2020.

19.12.19

2019 at Clean Break - Celebrating our 40th Anniversary year

Our leadership team have come together to celebrate all of Clean Break's achievements in our 40th anniversary year.

18.12.19

We’re Asking You to #ImagineAnotherWay

We want to invite you to reflect, discuss and share how we can move forward and change women’s experience within the criminal justice system. Asking you to #ImagineAnotherWay.

18.12.19

A Big (Give) Thank You!

A huge thank you to everyone who donated to our Big Give Christmas Challenge 2019 – a very special campaign, in this our 40th anniversary year.

27.11.19

The Big Give Christmas Challenge 2019 has launched!

Ready, set, GIVE! The Big Give Christmas Challenge 2019 has launched – DONATE NOW to Clean Break and your donation will be DOUBLED.

25.11.19

Blog: International End Violence Against Women Day 2019

To mark International End Violence Against Women Day 2019 we asked Clean Break Member Amanda to talk us through a project our members have been working on this semester.

21.11.19

Clean Break to take part in the Big Give Christmas Challenge 2019

You guessed it - Clean Break is taking part in the Big Give’s Christmas Challenge!

14.11.19

Blog: Holloway United Therapies share their experience of [BLANK]

This week’s blog comes from Holloway United Therapies who have shared their thoughts on [BLANK] and explain the parallels between the play and the work they carry out with women with experience of the criminal justice system.

31.10.19

Blog: Women in Prison

Following on from their visit to [BLANK] Women in Prison share with us their thoughts on the play and how the themes entwine with their #OPENUP campaign.

16.10.19

Take a First Look at [BLANK] at The Donmar Warehouse

The first production images from [BLANK] our new co-production with the Donmar Warehouse are here.

01.10.19

Blog: Celebrating a Year of our Young Artists Development Programme

With this year’s Young Artists development Programme now at an end, we spoke to these amazing and inspiring young women to find out what they have learned after the year and what the future has in store.

23.09.19

[BLANK] Rehearsal Pictures are Released

We’re delighted to share what’s been happening in the [BLANK] rehearsal room, over the past couple of weeks with the first set of pictures of our cast and creative team.

18.09.19

Blog: Sweatbox and Prison Transport in 2019

In anticipation of the Sweatbox tour hitting Manchester we caught up with Anna Herrmann Joint Artistic Director of Clean Break and Director of Sweatbox and Dezh Zhelyazkova Producer of the play, to find out how the response to Sweatbox in 2019 has differed from it’s first outing in 2015.

17.09.19

Clean Break Announce New Training Programme

We are delighted to announce a new programme of training sessions where attendees can learn more about elements of our work.

12.09.19

Blog: “How society treats its most vulnerable says everything”

Arts journalist Holly Williams talks to Alice Birch on all things [BLANK] and her experience of working with us.

11.09.19

Clean Break Writers Inspire at Royal Court Event

On 7 September Clean Break arrived at the Royal Court complete with nine Clean Break Writers from past and present, a prison van and some incredibly excited staff members for our event Clean Break Writer’s: Here. There. Then. Now.

04.09.19

Clean Break Announce New Appointments to Board of Trustees

We are delighted to announce three new Trustees joining our exceptional Board as we continue our 40th Anniversary Year and beyond.

03.09.19

[BLANK] Full Cast Announcement

We’re revealing the full cast for [BLANK] by Alice Birch, our co-production with Donmar Warehouse.

28.08.19

Blog: How can we Help Women Playwrights Thrive?

In the lead up to Here. There. Then. Now. we caught up with some of our panellists to ask them two important questions.

21.08.19

Clean Break are Recruiting New Members

We’re recruiting new members to join our Autumn Season Programme, which begins in September!

07.08.19

Applications Open for Young Artists Development Programme

Applications for our Young Artists Development Programme 2019/20 are now OPEN!

30.07.19

Blog: The Clean Break Archive Project

To mark Clean Break’s 40th Anniversary, we are delighted to be working with the Bishopsgate Insitute to create an archive of Clean Break’s work, to document the history of our organisation and make it publicly accessible for the first time.

23.07.19

Clean Break Writers Event to Take Place at Royal Court

We've gathered a selection of progressive, brilliant artists come together to share what they have learnt from working with us and what the future holds for women playwrights.

08.07.19

Clean Break Members Feature in Short Film

Earlier this year, five Clean Break Members who each served time in HMP Holloway took part in a collaborative short-film project with documentary film maker Clare Richards, exploring the importance of women's centres.

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