About us
Open Clasp is a women's theatre company and we specialise in creating high quality theatre from a female gaze for mixed audiences. All of our work is created in collaboration with women from the North East.
Who we are and what we do
Who we are and what we do
Open Clasp exists to:
• Empower women, including the most disempowered
• Give women a voice – to each other, to society, to policy makers
• Value women and raise their aspirations
• Challenge oppression
• Demonstrate the commonality of women's experience
Open Clasp is a women's theatre company and we specialise in creating high quality theatre from a female gaze for mixed audiences. Open Clasp’s work is created in collaboration with women from the North East. The company exists to make truthful, risk taking theatre which is informed by the lived experiences of the women and young women we work with. We want our work to make space for social debate and to encourage our audiences to walk in the shoes of women, including those who are the most disempowered in our society. Our work is performed in a range of settings including regional producing theatres, village halls, conferences and community centres. We have a developing audience and a loyal following which includes women who share the life stories of the characters we depict. We know of no other organisation that works the way that we do.
"At once endearing, hilarious, passionate and tear-jerking."
"Open Clasp is truly a treasure of the north east that must be supported and encouraged to become a treasure of the nation"
"Open Clasp have the balls, the brains and above all, the sense of humour, to tackle issues in a fresh and beguiling way"