Unlocking Potential : Clean Break Training

Clean Break

Learn how to build safe, creative and transformative women-only spaces for women affected by the criminal justice system.

Open to participants who identify as women.This one-day training course is for early career theatre artists and group work practitioners interested in creating safe and transformative women-only spaces. Drawing on decades of working with women with lived experience of the criminal justice system, this course will provide participants with the space to build their confidence and develop a rich toolkit to improve their practice. The day will be facilitated by Clean Break’s Artistic Director, Anna Herrmann, and Creative Associate, Rachel Valentine Smith. Through a mixture of presentation, group work and discussion, participants will learn: <ul><li>The principles underpinning Clean Break’s practice </li><li>How to set and maintain boundaries </li><li>Inclusive and anti-oppressive practice </li><li>How to manage challenging situations with women in vulnerable circumstances </li></ul>**A limited number of bursary places are available to anyone who has direct personal (not professional) experience of the criminal justice system. To apply for these, please write explaining your interest in the training event to events@cleanbreak.org.uk marking your email with BURSARY REQUEST in the subject heading, by 9am on Thursday 15 September 2022. If you have any access requirements you would like us to be aware of, please contact events@cleanbreak.org.uk and let us know. About the Facilitators Anna Herrmann is Artistic Director of Clean Break. She has been working in the field of theatre and social change for thirty years, specialising in theatre and participation in the UK and abroad. She has been with Clean Break since 2002 as the Head of Education, leading the company’s award-winning work with women in the criminal justice system and women at risk of entering it. As Joint Artistic Director she has directed Through This Mist (co-directed with Róisín McBrinn), Sweatbox (national tour and film), and Not Pretty Like The Rainbow (national tour). In July 2020 Anna was elected as Co-chair of the National Criminal Justice Arts Alliance, stepping down in July 2022.Rachel Valentine Smith is a Director and Artist and has been a Creative Associate of Clean Break since April 2022. Rachel was co-artistic director of The Faction between 2015-2022 developing a multi award winning ensemble practice and creating work nationally and internationally. Her work includes reimaginings of the classics; regular collaborations with emerging and established writers from the UK, Kosovo, Afghanistan and Lebanon and cross discipline events and installations. Rachel&#x27;s work has been presented at New Diorama Theatre, Wilton’s Music Hall, The Gate, Stephen Joseph Theatre and she has been commissioned by The Lowry and British Council. 
Photography by Tracey Anderson

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