Previous Work
Since 1998, Open Clasp has completed a wide variety of projects from working with small groups to create plays in as little as a day to touring shows reaching up to 4000 in a tour. You can find them all here.
North East tour 2008
A Twist of Lemon
Butch Jackie wants a holiday, so four women set off to the island of Lesvos. However a lost suitcase, along with a white knuckle ride on the resorts banana boat not only put one woman’s back out...
Short Term Project
Amble Drama Workshops
Open Clasp ran drama workshops exploring bullying at Amble Drop In Centre.
Participants as Performers
Women Doing It For Themselves
Women Doing it for Themselves gave women the chance to create, devise, design and perform their own work.
North East tour 2007
Tonic
Set during the World Cup, Tonic tells the story of four women trying, unsuccessfully, to get away from the football! Zoe heads off to a caravan estate for a break with her friend Lorraine and...
Participants as Performers
The Blackgate Estate
Open Clasp returned to Montagu Full Service School to work with a group of nine parents on a Play in a Week project in 2007. Their play focused on single-parents, disability, crime and consultation.
Participants as Performers
Not So Glossy
Open Clasp ran a Play in a Week project as part of the Women’s Arts International Festival in Kendal, highlighting the pressure women still experience in relation to gender stereotypes,...