Emily Ashton

Clean Break Theatre Company

Clean Break is a women's theatre company, founded in 1979 by two women prisoners who believed in the power of theatre to transform lives. Our vision is of a society where women can realise their full potential, free from criminalisation. We pursue this vision by producing ground-breaking theatre which puts women's voices at its heart and creates lasting change by challenging injustice in and beyond the criminal justice system. Through theatre workshops and projects in prisons and the community which build confidence, resilience and wellbeing, we transform the lives of women who have experienced the criminal justice system or have been identified as at risk of entering it.