Clare Packham

Director Writer

She/Her

I'm a director interested in changing the ways we think about experiencing and make art. I like work that experiments with the lines between mediums, and disregards previous notions of genre. I love messy, intellectual yet irreverent art. I hate boring art.

I am also a writer of new musical theatre. My work has been presented at BEAM, a finalist for BYMT’s New Music Theatre Award, on the longlist for Stiles & Drewe’s Best New Song Award and I’m currently on the shortlist for the Charlie Hartill Award at Pleasance.

I am also a co-founder of non-hierarchical artist collective PINCHY theatre (www.pinchytheatre.com).

Credits

DIRECTOR & WRITER, It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad Madge, 53two, Electric Theatre Guildford & Wandsworth Arts Fringe, 2023
DIRECTOR & WRITER, FLITCH, workshop at Leeds Conservatoire, BEAM2023, Vault Festival Showcase & Charlie Hartill Award Shortlist
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Aladdin, Hackney Empire, 5 weeks, 2023
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, The Water Diviner’s Tale, Opera North Tour, 2023
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, End of the World, Edinburgh Fringe (ZOO Venues), 3 weeks, 2023
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, The Rhythmics, Southwark Playhouse, 6 weeks, 2021-2022
RESIDENT ARTIST, Hypha Studios, 20 West Street, 6 weeks, 2021
DIRECTOR, Mr Burns, A Post-Electric Play, The Loco Klub, 2019
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Navajos, Tobacco Factory Theatres, 2020

Training

Theatre & Performance BA (1st Class Honours) - University of Bristol

Location

Brighton and Hove

Experience

2-5 years

Art forms / Disciplines

  • Comedy
  • Literature
  • Live art
  • Multi-disciplinary / cross art form
  • Music
  • New technologies / digital
  • Opera
  • Theatre / Live perfomance

What I do

  • Devising
  • Directing
  • Dramaturgy
  • Music - Can learn by ear
  • Music - Can Read
  • Music - Plays Instruments
  • Music - Singing
  • Music Composition
  • Outdoor performance
  • Performance Art
  • Producing
  • Site Responsive/Immersive
  • Sound Design
  • Teaching / Coaching
  • Theatre making
  • Working with young people
  • Working with young people with special educational needs
  • Working within a Community / with community participants
  • Workshopping & Development
  • Writing

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