Clean Break is giving actors of ALL ages, ethnicities and backgrounds an opportunity to shine" ~ Indira Varma, Actor A rich, varied and timely anthology of monologues for Everywoman. Te Awa I Tahuti (The River that Ran Away) by Rena Owen, ToniĪ Voice And I and Silence by Naomi Wallace, Dee Typical Girls by Morgan Lloyd Malcolm, MunchĪmongst the Reeds by Chinonyerem Odimba, Gillian That Almost Unnameable Lust by Rebecca Lenkiewicz, Katherine It felt empty when the heart went at first but it is alright now by Lucy Kirkwood Killers by Jacqueline Holborough, The Prisoner The Garden Girls by Jacqueline Holborough, Mary Sounds like an Insult by Vivienne Franzmann, Brenda Thick as Thieves by Katherine Chandler, Karen It's for lovers of radical women's theatre and for rebels everywhere who believe that the act of speaking and being heard can create change This book is for any performer who does not see themselves represented in mainstream plays Offering female performers a diverse set of monologues reflecting a range of characters in age, ethnicity and lived experience, the material is drawn from a mix of published and unpublished works Rebel Voices - Monologues for Women by Women celebrates the opportunities inherent when women represent themselves This is a collection of monologues from this canon Over 40 years, Clean Break has commissioned some of the most progressive and brilliant women writers to write ground-breaking plays, alongside developing the writing skills of the women they work with in its London studios and in prisons It exists to tell the stories of women with experience of the criminal justice system and to transform women's lives through theatre Clean Break is a British theatre company set up in 1979 by two women in prison