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From international collaborations to lockdown connections, each film challenges injustice and invites change.
Rattle Snake in Brazil – Cascavel
Based on real life stories of women from the North East of England who have faced and survived coercive controlling domestic abuse, award-winning play, Rattle…
#ChooseToChallenge NEW FILM by Open Clasp
#CHOOSETOCHALLENGE Written by Jessica Johnson (Open Clasp’s associate artist)Directed by Katja RobertsStarring Farrah CaveProduced by Open Clasp Theatre CompanyIn partnership with Teesside University and Middlesbrough…
Songlines #RefugeeWeek
14-20 June is Refugee Week and we are sharing a short clip from our multi-media installation, Songlines. The language being used by the government and…
Bronze Better Health at Work Achieved!
The Open Clasp team achieved our Bronze Better Health at Work Scheme Award which promotes a healthy lifestyle for our team members and shows we…
We Are Recruiting a Project Co-Ordinator
Be an activist. Join the movement. Open Clasp is looking for an experienced, highly organised and motivated project coordinator to join our small, but mighty team. The Project Coordinator…
Cycle the coast to coast challenge this September!
Open Clasp Theatre Company & West End Women and Girls Centre are gathering a group of women to cycle the coast to coast challenge this…
New Blog: International Women’s Day, Being Brave, Breast Cancer and Me
Today on International Women’s Day, our artistic director shares a new blog. It’s International Women’s Day and a time to celebrate all that has been…
Rattle Snake – Northern Stage 2-6 March 2021
We’re proud to announce that Rattle Snake has been programmed online by Northern Stage as part of #GoodNightIn 2-6 March 2021Written by Catrina McHugh MBE…
New Blog from Artistic Director, Catrina
Our Artistic Director shares her new blog this week, Breast Cancer, Anniversaries and Me. On the 8th February 2021, on our anniversary of 7 years Civilised…
Tell us what you think…
Have you watched Sugar on BBC iPlayer yet? We would love to hear what you thought if you have. Please fill in a quick online…
Honoured to Receive the Margaret and Dorothy Gordon Memorial Fund
The Open Clasp team would like to thank the Margaret and Dorothy Gordon Memorial Fund for their grant of £750 to help us continue working…
New Blog: Breast Cancer, the Results and Me by Artistic Director
A beautiful new blog from our Artistic Director, Catrina McHugh MBE can be read by clicking HERE I woke yesterday, as night turned into day…
New Blog: Breast Cancer, Toast and Me
Our fantastic Artistic Director, Catrina McHugh MBE, has written a new blog. Our home is full of flowers, homemade bread, brownies, cards and gifts. Me…
Artistic Director’s New Blog: Breast Cancer, Blue Skies and Me
Our brilliant Artistic Director, Catrina McHugh MBE, has written a new and personal blog. Please click HERE to read”I started to understand that I needed…
Key Change – Review by Mortal Fools Youth Theatre Ensemble Member
Review of Key ChangeWe are proud of Eliza Strassheim from Mortal Fools Youth Theatre Ensemble, who has shared her review of Key Change, captured by…
Annual Review 2019-2020
Our brand new digital Annual Review 2019-2020 is available for you to read online!We advocate. We listen. We empower. We challenge. We act. We ignite…
40 Women and Girls – West End Women and Girls Centre
Artistic Director and Playwright, Catrina McHugh MBE, commissioned to write 40 stories to celebrate the 40th birthday of our partner and home, West End Women…
Blog – Lockdown Parenting
Our Executive Director, Ellie Turner, blogs about parenting through Covid-19 lockdown.I look back on that Sunday night. The one before the first real week of…