Emma White applauds the work of a company acknowledging that people with privilege should not be telling the stories of marginalised communities.
2021 marks both the 40th anniversary of theatre company Clean Break, and the 30th year of TiPP’s undergraduate prison theatre course at the University of Manchester. To celebrate this, playwriting and prison theatre students from the university took part in a writing workshop and public seminar on the 3rd of March. With reflections from playwrights Chloë Moss and Stacey Gregg on their previous work with Clean Break, Anna Herrmann (Joint Artistic Director) and Jade Small (an actor who has been in Clean Break plays by Chloë and Stacey), our conversations were focused on representation, collaborative theatre-making and the challenges women often face surrounding incarceration. The day gave recognition... Keep reading on Women, Theatre, Justice.
2021 marks both the 40th anniversary of theatre company Clean Break, and the 30th year of TiPP’s undergraduate prison theatre course at the University of Manchester. To celebrate this, playwriting and prison theatre students from the university took part in a writing workshop and public seminar on the 3rd of March. With reflections from playwrights Chloë Moss and Stacey Gregg on their previous work with Clean Break, Anna Herrmann (Joint Artistic Director) and Jade Small (an actor who has been in Clean Break plays by Chloë and Stacey), our conversations were focused on representation, collaborative theatre-making and the challenges women often face surrounding incarceration. The day gave recognition... Keep reading on Women, Theatre, Justice.