Clara Janssen

Director Performer Facilitator Multi-disciplinary Artist

Clara Janssen 凯俐 (she/her) is a born-and-raised Singaporean theatre maker, performer and director currently based in London. She creates and facilitates work fuelled by curiosity, play and the human experience. As a director, her interest spreads across devising, scripts and new writing, as well as multi-disciplinary projects.

She is currently working on developing her play 'Read The Room', which uses mask, puppetry, film and comedy to investigate our relationship with private and public spaces. She is also currently directing a play for the Act II Festival 2023.

She has has a habit of designing zines/posters for each her shows, and most recently made a 'paper animation' for Mercy Collective's Essex Have Mercy.





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Credits

Facilitator, [WIP- play about Irish women by Aoife Beaumont], Theatre Royal, 2023

Director, Woman. Life. Freedom., The Space, 1 day, 2023

Puppeteer/Creator, Burnout & Snotty, Absurd Little Things, 2022

Animator, Essex Have Mercy, Harlow Playhouse, 1 day (going on tour), 2022

Director/Performer, Read The Room, The Barn Theatre, 1 day, 2022

Writer/Storyboard Artist, Pebble, Sistic Live, 4 weeks, 2021

Puppet Maker, The Universe According to Niu, Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay, 4 days, 2021

Performer, Telematic Dreaming, Goodman Arts Centre, 4 weeks, 2021

Actor, The Cabbage Statue (Short Film), Singapore International Film Festival & YOUKI, 2021

Director, Kean by Jean-Paul Sartre (Excerpt), The Barn Theatre, 2020

Training

Rose Bruford College | European Theatre Arts BA, First Class Honours

East15 Acting School | Certificate of Higher Education Theatre Arts

StiltsPro | Stilts Diploma

Paper Monkey Theatre | Shadow Puppetry Masterclass

School of the Arts Singapore | Higher Level Theatre, IB 7

Location

London

Experience

Less than 1 year

Art forms / Disciplines

  • Circus
  • Comedy
  • Crafts
  • Film - short
  • Graphic / product design
  • Multi-disciplinary / cross art form
  • Theatre / Live perfomance

What I do

  • Devising
  • Directing
  • Dramaturgy
  • Facilitating
  • Music - Can Read
  • Music - Singing
  • Performance Art
  • Performing
  • Physical Theatre / Mime
  • Puppetry
  • Theatre making
  • Verbatim theatre
  • Working with young people
  • Workshopping & Development
  • Writing

Additional Languages

Mandarin, German

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