Clean Break is a women-only theatre company, founded in 1979 by two women in prison who believed in the power of the arts to change lives. Through our unique work on stage, in the community and in prisons, we effect profound and positive change in the lives of women who are criminalised.
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Nearly half of women leaving prison are reconvicted within a year. The punitive system we have in place does not provide women with the support they need to escape cycles of criminalisation. Custodial sentences disrupt women and their families lives, without addressing the root causes. Gender-specific, trauma informed community-based interventions are essential in helping women to overcome the challenges that cause them to be swept into the criminal justice system (CJS).
Clean Break is the only women’s theatre company of its kind. We work with women who have lived-experience of the CJS or those at risk of entering it, providing bespoke creative courses and wraparound 1:1 support from our studios in London. We also facilitate workshops with women in prison, at women’s centres, with those on probation & released on temporary license to provide creative interventions which support reintegration through skills building, a sense of purpose and belonging.
