Conceived and co-directed by Stacey Gregg and Deborah Pearson
Devised with Lucy Edkins, Jennifer Joseph, TerriAnn Oudjar, Jade Small
Assistant Director Milli Bhatia
Designer Camilla Clarke
Choreographer Yassmin V Foster
Lighting Designer Natasha Chivers
Sound Designer Ella Wahlstrm
Video Artist Edie Morris
Voice Coach Emma Woodvine
Stage Manager on the book Tamsin Withers
Stage Manager on the floor Crystal Gayle
Outside Eye Laura Dannequin
Cast & Creative Team.
Lucy Edkins
Lucy has known of Clean Break since she moved back to London in the mid 90s after a stint up North with Nomads, a theatre and film company she co-founded which worked with vulnerable groups (including prisoners) and performed plays in unconventional venues. She postponed her plan to take off to the States to work in film for a few months, working here as a stage manager on the fringe, during which time she took a few workshops with Clean Break including a Complicit workshop culminating in a devised piece, The Ex-Industry , performed in local prisons and a rehab unit. She went on to work professionally with Clean Break in their stage management teams, including on Mules and Yard Gal at the Royal Court, touring nationally with the latter around prisons and art centres. In the States she worked in Off Broadway theatre and the non-union film sector mainly on the technical side, though continuing to take on bit parts as they came along. Back in the UK she continued to work in theatre, stage managing and as assistant director on Life After Life at the National Theatre. Since 2003 she has concentrated on artistic work across media, including a couple of years playwriting and showcasing new works. This is her first professional acting engagement.
Jennifer Joseph
Jennifer has been a Clean Break Member since 2010. After completing her studies and performing in multiple short touring productions with the company, Jen is now a successful actor. She continues to work with Clean Break, speaking about her experiences and performing in the companys work, most recently in Hear by Deborah Bruce which was performed at the House of Lords. Between 2014-2016, she acted alongside a stellar cast in Phyllida Lloyds Shakespeare Trilogy for the Donmar Warehouse and continues to find other success both on stage and screen. As a potent advocate for Arts in Prisons, she takes part in outreach programmes about penal issues and is a Trustee of Women In Prison. Her most recent roles include appearances in Flush at the Matchstick Theatre, and in the upcoming horror film Patients of a Saint , directed by Russell Owen.
TerriAnn Oudjar
TerriAnn has been a Clean Break member since 2004 but has been performing on stage and screen. In 2003 she appeared in BBC2s Grass , and in 2004 in BBC3s Killing Time . The same year she featured in Stealing Lives for Channel 4. TerriAnn has also performed in feature films Rabbit Fever (2006) and Trauma (2004). In 2016 she appeared in The Vagina Monologues on stage at the Bristol Bierkeller and most recently in Robin Hood: The Arrow of Destiny at Theatre Peckham. All the while she has performed in, and been Assistant Director on many Clean Break shows, as well as facilitating workshops.
Jade Small
Jade has been a Clean Break Member since 2013. After completing her studies, she won a bursary to The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and was awarded a Diploma in Acting. In 2014 she starred in Friendtimacy by Stacey Gregg: the curtain-raiser for Phyllida Lloyds critically acclaimed Henry IV at The Donmar Warehouse. In 2015 she appeared at The National Theatre, and at Latitude Festival in Sweatbox by Chlo Moss, a ground-breaking, immersive piece of theatre performed entirely within a real prison van.
Stacey Gregg
Staceys credits include: Lights Out (The Site Programme); Nod If You Can Hear Me (The Big Idea) for the Royal Court, Scorch (Prime Cut); Choices (Royal Exchange, Manchester/WoW Festival, Southbank/ Dublin Fringe/Outburst); Override (Watford Palace/Dublin Fringe); Shibboleth, Perve (Abbey, Dublin). Television includes: The Innocents, Riviera, The Frankenstein Chronicles, Your Mas a Hard Brexit . As Performer: Everything Between Us (Project Arts Centre); Moth (Hightide, the Bush).
Deborah Pearson
Deborah Pearson is an artist, playwright and theatre-maker. Her work has been on in 22 countries on 5 continents and has been translated into 5 languages. She is founder and co-Director of the artist-curator collective Forest Fringe.
Deborahs credits include: Its All Made Up (Royal Court/The Site Programme); History History History (Thtre Garonne/bit teatergarasjen, Norway/International tour); Post National (Volcano, Canada); Made Visible (Yard); The Future Show (BAC/International tour). Television includes: No Time to Sleep (Justice Project Pakistan). Visual art includes: The Filibuster (Somerset House); Make Yourself at Home (Nuit Blanche, Brussels); Drifting Right (Next Wave Festival, Melbourne).
Milli Bhatia Assistant Director
Milli is completing her term as Trainee Director at the Royal Court, where she directed Shine . Other theatre includes: Dismantle This Room, The Hijabi Monologues, My White Best Friend/This Bitter Earth [part of Black Lives Black Words] (Bush); I Have AIDS [Jerwood Assistant Director Programme] (Young Vic); Rats (Duffield Studio, National); Three Wheels On the Wagon (Birmingham Repertory Theatre); EmpowerHouse (Theatre Royal, Stratford East); No Cowboys Only Indians (Courtyard). As associate director, other theatre includes: What if Women Ruled the World? (Manchester International Festival).
Camilla Clarke Designer
Camilla is a set and costume designer based in London, UK. She trained at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, graduating in 2014 with First Class Honours in Theatre Design. Her work as designer for the Royal Court includes: Bad Roads and Human Animals . Other theatre as designer includes: Beginners (Unicorn Theatre); Elephant (Birmingham Rep); Yuri (Chapter, Cardiff); Frogman (Curious Directive/Traverse); No Place for a Woman ( 503); Wind Resistance (Lyceum, Edinburgh); Seagulls (Volcano). Her work as Associate Designer includes: B , and Victory Condition . Awards include: Linbury Prize for Stage Design; Lord Williams Prize for Design; The Prince of Wales Design Scholarship.
Yassmin V Foster Choreographer
Yassmin is a director of movement, scholar and sound (system) woman, based in London. She works in the creative industries and education, with an interest in social, artistic and economic discourse. Her career path is influenced by her heritage and experience of black culture, in particular the artistic expression of music and dance. She is a graduate of anthropology and media, holds MA Choreomundus International master in dance knowledge, practice and heritage and is a part-time Stuart Hall Foundation PhD Fellow at Goldsmiths University of London. Her research, which she has presented across the UK, and in the US, investigates movement with the contexts of play, ritual and dance. She champions interdisciplinary, cross-cultural and multi art-form collaborative journeys, whilst advocating for dance as intangible cultural heritage.
Yassmins work includes: Queens of Sheba (Nouveau Rich); With a Little Bit of Luck (Paines Plough); All We Ever Wanted Was Everything (Middle Child Theatre Company); Box Clever (Nabokov) and Last Night (Benin City).
