Biography

Claire is based in Suffolk and has worked in the USA, Hong Kong, Scandinavia, Germany, India, Vienna and Beirut. New writing is a particular interest (60 premieres to date), including the World Premiere of Shirley Valentine, as is Shakespeare (47 productions to date) including Twelfth Night, National Theatre of Norway; Macbeth, Everyman Theatre, Liverpool and the Residenz Teater, Munich. The Merchant of Venice, English Shakespeare Company. She recently designed her ninth Macbeth for Lisbon.

Some other designs: The Man Who Thinks He’s It, The Steve Coogan Show, Lyceum, London; Goodness Gracious Me, Tour; Peter Pan and The Three Musketeers, Crucible, Sheffield; Rigoletto. WNO tour; My Fair Lady, Aarhus, Denmark; The Royal Hunt of the Sun, Hong Kong; Fungus the Bogeyman, Belgrade Theatre, Coventry; Split Second, Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith.

Recent designs include Little Fir Tree and a community opera in Suffolk The King’s River.