Voices from Prison • Clean Break

2021 | Composer & Sound designer

Over the last year women in prison have become more invisible than ever. During lockdown women in prison have been locked in cells for up to 23 hours a day with visitation and education programmes suspended.

Voices from Prison is a creative writing project inviting women from all 12 women’s prisons to create work in this moment, amplify their words and let their experiences be heard.

Inspired by the original project directed by Ann Mitchell in 1987, which gave Clean Break its first platform at the RSC, Voices from Prison will be brought into the present, hearing from women about life during Covid, life in prison and hope.

This film celebrates 10 of the pieces performed by our Members Lisa-Marie Ashworth, Funke Adeleke, Jennifer Joseph, Shona Babayemi and Gemskii.

Performers - Lisa-Marie Ashworth, Funke Adeleke, Jennifer Joseph, Shona Babayemi and Gemskii.

Director - Anna Herrmann

Producer - Maya Ellis

Project Assistant - Esme Allman

Volunteer Project Assistant - Eloïse Poulton

Filmmaker - Hannah Lovell

Lighting Assistant - Alisa Boanta

Sound and Composition - Alice Boyd