Six plays by some of the most exciting and distinctive female voices in British theatre, exploring the heartbreaking truth about the lives of women in the criminal justice system.The plays were commissioned and premiered by Clean Break, a theatre and education company working with women whose lives have been affected by the criminal justice system.Included in this volume:Fatal Light by Chloë Moss, about a young mother's inability to cope with separation from her daughter.Taken by Winsome Pinnock, about a mother confronted by the child she had to give up.Dream Pill by Rebecca Prichard, about two children forced into prostitution.Doris Day by E V Crowe, about two police officers and their different expectations of the job.Dancing Bears by Sam Holcroft, about the twisted loyalties and violence in teenage gangs.That Almost Unnameable Lust by Rebecca Lenkiewicz, about a writer holding workshops with older women in a prison.The plays were first performed at Soho Theatre, London, in November 2010.
Six plays by some of the most exciting and distinctive female voices in British theatre, exploring the heartbreaking truth about the lives of women in the criminal justice system.The plays were commissioned and premiered by Clean Break, a theatre and education company working with women whose lives have been affected by the criminal justice system.Included in this volume:Fatal Light by Chloë Moss, about a young mother's inability to cope with separation from her daughter.Taken by Winsome Pinnock, about a mother confronted by the child she had to give up.Dream Pill by Rebecca Prichard, about two children forced into prostitution.Doris Day by E V Crowe, about two police officers and their different expectations of the job.Dancing Bears by Sam Holcroft, about the twisted loyalties and violence in teenage gangs.That Almost Unnameable Lust by Rebecca Lenkiewicz, about a writer holding workshops with older women in a prison.The plays were first performed at Soho Theatre, London, in November 2010.
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