CLARE PRENTON
Clare is an award winning and critically acclaimed UK based director and writer who brings over 25 +years freelance experience to her work across a wide range of genres: new writing, classics, new musical theatre , contemporary comedy, open air Shakespeare and more. Clare has worked at scale in theatre, musical theatre and opera and Staff Director for English Touring Opera as well as an Associate Director for Alan Ayckbourn including 5 UK tours (2008-2015), associate artist for Cumbernauld Theatre, Scotland (2013-14) and a director for Pitlochry Festival Theatre for two seasons (2015 & 2016). From 2016-2018 Clare enjoyed critical acclaim as Director Stafford Festival Shakespeare at the pop up 1000 seat auditorium with a 22m x 18m thrust stage in front of Stafford Castle, a Medieval English Heritage site in the heart of England. Here she received critical acclaim for Othello (2016), The Tempest (2017) and Macbeth (2018) working with large casts and leading big creative teams.
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'In Clare Prenton’s beautifully-shaped production, Eva Traynor and Sarah Miele are heartbreakingly believable as Karen and Susie. It’s Billy Mack’s stellar performance as Laing that makes this play shine, though'
**** - 4 STARS, Joyce Macmillan, The Scotsman
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