This year, we are celebrating 25 years of transforming the lives of women and girls! Co-Founder and Artistic Director, Catrina McHugh MBE, has been stepping through the years of groups collaborated with and the plays co-created.
” As with After Her Death and the 25yrs to follow, we didn’t and don’t lead with an issue. We arrive with a blank sheet of paper, introduce a character via a stimulus…Each group pulled on their lived experiences to create one character, they worked creatively up on their feet, the process democratic and building power. “
Catrina has looked at the first decade of Open Clasp, asking at one point, ‘has anything changed?’ You can read them here:
Rewind to After Her Death: 1998Has Anything Changed?Being Lesbian, Open Clasp and MeMeeting Myself Coming BackwardsLegends – Key Change, Rattle Snake and SugarDon’t Forget the Birds, Lasagna and RuptureEnd of an Era
