News

All the latest information, updates and goings-on here at Open Clasp Theatre Company.

Info for Press

Press

For all media enquiries, press releases, interview requests and images please contact:

Leyla Asadi
Producer
0191 2724063
07774000435
leyla@openclasp.plus.com

Company info:

  • Founded in 1998 by 5 drama students at Northumbria University
  • Artistic Director and Writer, Catrina McHugh was one of the founders
  • Plays produced and toured by the company are:
After Her Death (toured in 1999 and 2002)
Falling Knives & Runaround Wives (toured in 2001 and 2006)
Stand 'n' Tan (toured in 2005 and 2009)
Tonic (toured in 2007)
A Twist of Lemon (toured in 2008)
Rattle & Roll (toured in 2010)
BlueGiro (toured in 2011)
Swags & Tails (toured in 2012)

 

Current tour info:

Open Clasp is currently in the workshop phase of the next project A Song To Sing. Details of the February - March 2013 tour will be announced in the autumn.
"At once endearing, hilarious, passionate and tear-jerking." Evening Chronicle
"Open Clasp is truly a treasure of the north east that must be supported and encouraged to become a treasure of the nation" British Theatre Guide
"Open Clasp have the balls, the brains and above all, the sense of humour, to tackle issues in a fresh and beguiling way" Metro North East