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HAUNTED SHADOWS: The Gothic Tales of Edith Nesbit - UK Tour 2025
Claire will play the role of Edith Nesbit in the one woman show, Haunted Shadows on tour between 24 October 2025 and 9 May 2026 after the show's numerous 4 star reviews and winning The Hamilton Deane Award for her performances at the Old Red Lion and at the White Bear Theatres in 2024 and early 2025. The show is adapted from Nesbit's ghost stories and memoirs. The tour dates, reviews and photos can be viewed here: Haunted Shadows | Monkey With Cymbals (amonkeywithcymbals.co.uk)
A SONG AT TWILIGHT by Noel Coward:
Claire is delighted to be playing the role of Carlotta Gray in Noel Coward's play A Song at Twilight this August / September in the Paul-Taylor Mills Summer Rep in Sidmouth. This is her third Coward play for this company, having played Amanda Prynne in Private Lives in 2023, and Liz Essendine in Present Laughter in 2019.
GOD OF CARNAGE:
Claire will be playing the role of Veronique in God of Carnage by Yasmina Reza at Sidmouth Summer Rep Season this July and August.
DROP THE DEAD DONKEY - THE REAWAKENING:
Claire joins the cast of the stage show version of the the Emmy and BAFTA award-winning TV comedy. Click on this link for more info on the tour: https://dropdeaddonkey.co.uk/
DAMSELS IN DISTRESS TRILOGY:
Claire will play Lynette/Edna/Arabella in Gameplan/Flatspin/Roleplay, the Alan Ayckbourn trilogy of plays, at the Theatre Royal Windsor this October (2-7) after a successful run as part of the Paul Taylor-Mills Rep Season this summer. Tickets and info here: Roleplay – Theatre Royal Windsor
PRIVATE LIVES:
Claire is excited to play the role of Amanda Prynne in Noel Coward's classic comedy this September in Sidmouth Manor Pavilion Theatre for the Paul Taylor-Mills Rep Season. Tickets and info here: Manor Pavilion
THE MASKS OF APHRA BEHN:
The show has just received an Off West End award nomination!
Claire is back on tour this October with her successful 4-star one-woman-show about the first professional female writer, Aphra Behn in London and Kent. Here is more info on the show, dates and venues: The Masks of Aphra Behn | Monkey With Cymbals (amonkeywithcymbals.co.uk)
TWO by Jim Cartwright:
Claire will perform in the classic northern play where the cast of two play 14 roles between them, from 12 to 29 April at the Tabard Theatre in Chiswick. Tickets can be bought here: https://tabard.org.uk/whats-on/two/
THE LAST TWITCH:
Claire recently played the role of Pauline in the comedy horror feature, The Last Twitch. It is the sequal to The Snarling which is available to watch on Amazon Prime. She also played the Mother in a short film for the same company, Shooting Lodge Productions, called Virgo.
PAUL TAYLOR MILLS REP SEASON:
Claire had a busy summer 2021 playing Diana, Hannah and Gert in California Suite, Clarissa Hailsham-Brown in Agatha's Christie's Spider's Web, Ruth in Alan Ayckbourn's Living Together and Claire Norman in Durbridge's thriller Murder with Love.
THE NOTORIOUS MRS EBBSMITH:
Claire recently played the title role in the audio drama adaptation of Arthur Wing Pinero's play, The Notorious Mrs Ebbsmith, in aid of Refuge. It was recorded remotely during lockdown and is available to download on podcast via iTunes, Spotify, Audible and Podbean. Please download and listen by clicking here: https://amonkeywithcymbals.podbean.com/
ONCOMM AWARD:
Claire is now an award-nominated Actor / Writer!
The Masks of Aphra Behn and Oranges & Ink (which Claire both starred in and wrote) recently streamed in a double bill in the OFF Online Fringe Festival. Oranges & Ink was nominated for an OnComm Award by Off West End which recognises "the best work that is now being presented online during the Covid-19 lockdown".
BORLEY RECTORY:
Claire plays Mrs Smith in the feature film Borley Rectory with Reece Shearsmith and Julian Sands. She plays the role of Mabel Smith in this ghostly tale, which just came out on Blu-Ray and Amazon Prime after screening at international film festivals for which it won numerous awards. It is also available to watch on Netflix and Amazon Prime.
