ABOUT CLARE

RESUME

  • FREESON FILMS, with Will Thomas Freeman, 2020 – present
  • ACTORS STUDIO, Pinewood Studios, UK, 2017 – present
  • CLARE DAVIDSON’S ACTING MASTERCLASS, London, 2017 – present
  • ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR of MEADOWS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT and the LAURENTIA GLOBAL FUND, London, 2010-2016
  • HEAD of VOICE and DIRECTING plays, THE POOR SCHOOL and THE WORKHOUSE THEATRE, London, 2009-2017
  • Listed in “WHO’S WHO AMONG AMERICA’S TEACHERS”, 2002-2007
  • PROFESSOR, HEAD of ACTING and DIRECTING, PERFORMING ARTS DEPARTMENT, COLLEGE OF SANTA FE, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA, 1999-2008
  • AWARDED MFA, COLLEGE OF SANTA FE, 1999
  • LECTURER at THE MARJORIE BALLANTINE STUDIO, New York, 1996-1999
  • MEMBER of the BRITISH ACADEMY of FILM and TELEVISION ARTS (BAFTA), 1996-1999
  • LECTURER at THE ATLANTIC THEATRE COMPANY’S ACTING SCHOOL (NYU), New York, 1996-1998
  • DIRECTOR of THE CLARE DAVIDSON ACTING PROGRAM, London & Los Angeles, 1992-1996
  • Listed in DEBRETT’S PEERAGE “PEOPLE OF TODAY”, 1991-1994
  • DEAN of the BRITISH AMERICAN DRAMA ACADEMY (BADA), London, 1988-1989
  • DIRECTOR of BADA’s ‘EARLY STAGES’ ACTING PROGRAM, London, 1989-1992
  • LECTURER at BALLIOL COLLEGE OXFORD for BADA’S “MIDSUMMER IN OXFORD PROGRAM”, Oxford, 1984-1998
  • FOUNDER MEMBER of the DIRECTOR’S GUILD OF GREAT BRITAIN, 1983
  • FOUNDER MEMBER & LECTURER at the ACTORS CENTRE, London 1977-Present Day
  • MEMBER of BRITISH EQUITY, 1965-Present Day
  • HEAD of VOICE for the LONDON ACADEMY of MUSIC AND DRAMATIC ART, London, 1965-197
  • CERTIFICATE: VOICE AND SPEECH (LAMDA), studying with Iris Warren and Kristin Linklater, London, 1963-1964
  • TRAINING ACTING & DIRECTING, LONDON ACADEMY OF MUSIC AND DRAMATIC ART (LAMDA), London, 1960-1964

THEATRE PRODUCTIONS

PROFESSIONAL PRODUCTIONS including:

  • UP IN SWEDEN by Pam Gems (New Play), with Michael Maloney, King’s Head Theatre, London
  • IRISH EYES AND ENGLISH TEARS by Nigel Baldwin (New Play) (co-director with Ian Kellgren), with Alfred Molina, Theatre Upstairs, Royal Court Theatre, London
  • THE TAX EXILE by Jonathan Gems (New Play) (co-director with Nancy Meckler), Bush Theatre, London
  • THE SECRET OF THE UNIVERSE by Jonathan Gems (New Play) (co-director with Ian Kellgren), ICA Theatre, London.
  • MISS JULIE by August Strindberg, with Stephen Rea and Cheryl Campbell, Lyric Studio Hammersmith, London, transferred to Duke of York’s Theatre, London
  • THE MAIDS by Jean Genet, with Mark Rylance, Shared Experience Company, Lyric Studio Hammersmith, London, and Dublin Festival, Ireland
  • HAPPY DAYS by Samuel Beckett, with Darlene Johnson, Shared Experience Company, Donmar Warehouse, London, and Belfast Festival, Ireland
  • BOESMAN AND LENA by Athol Fugard, with Stephen Rea, Field Day Theatre Company, Ireland, touring Ireland
  • THE THREE SISTERS by Anton Chekhov, Bridge Lane Theatre, London
  • BOESMAN AND LENA by Athol Fugard, with Janet Suzman and Stuart Wilson, Hampstead Theatre Club, London
  • FIVE FINGER EXERCISE by Peter Shaffer, with Linus Roache, Cambridge Theatre Company, touring England
  • LITTLE EYOLF by Henrik Ibsen, with Diana Rigg and Ronald Pickup, Lyric Theatre Hammersmith, London
  • HEDDA GABLER by Henrik Ibsen, with Marit Gronhaug, Rogaland Theatre, Stavanger, Norway, transferred to Bloomsbury Theatre, London (This was the first time Ibsen was performed in Norwegian on the London Stage).
  • PEER GYNT by Henrik Ibsen, with Michael Maloney, Cambridge Theatre Company, touring England
  • ATONEMENT by Barry Collins (New Play), with Annabel Leventon, Lyric Studio Hammersmith, London
  • SHONA by Tony Craze, with Sonja Kristina, Pentameters Theatre, London
  • ALPHA BETA by Ted Whitehead, with George Costigan, Man in the Moon Theatre, London
  • SOLITAIRE by Rosary O’Neill (New Play), Tristan Bates Theatre, London
  • LITTLE EYOLF by Henrik Ibsen, with Markus Scarabai and Jutta Weiss, The Complex Theatre, Los Angeles
  • WILLIAM AND CATHERINE by Tony Jasper (New Musical) (6 productions), The Jasperian Theatre Company, touring England
  • CLOSE by Eduardo Pavlovsky, with Amalia Sanchez Caballero, Tristan Bates Theatre, London
  • RELATIVELY SPEAKING by Alan Ayckbourn, Tristan Bates Theatre, London
  • UNFINISHED MELODY OF A COUPLE by Eduardo Pavlovsky (New Play), SUR Productions, Pentameters Theatre, London, and Edinburgh Festival, Scotland
  • A DOLL’S HOUSE by Henrik Ibsen, with Walter van Dyk and Antoinette van Belle, Van Dyk and Co Theatre Company, Stadsschouwburg, Amsterdam, Holland
  • GLORY, GLORY, DIOLCH IDDO by Tony Jasper (New Musical), The Jasperian Theatre Company, touring England and Wales
  • LADY CHATTERLEY’S LOVER by D.H.Lawrence, with Simone Labib and Peter Tate, Fusion Productions, The Cockpit Theatre, London
  • EXPOSITION BOULEVARD by Rosary O’Neill (New Play), Southern Repertory Theatre, New Orleans, Louisiana
  • THREE AMONGST MANY by Tony Jasper (New Musical), The Jasperian Theatre Company, touring England
  • SHAKESPEARE’S WOMEN by William Shakespeare, with Amalia Sanchez Caballero, SUR Productions, touring Argentina
  • THREE AMERICAN PLAYS by Brian Goluboff, Eddie Betts and Jane Nixon-Willis, Dryades Party Production, Man in the Moon Theatre, London
  • CHARLES WESLEY 1707 by Tony Jasper (New Musical) (2 productions), The Jasperian Theatre Company, Edinburgh Festival, Scotland, and touring England
  • CANDIDA by Bernard Shaw, The Pearl Theatre Company, New York
  • WAITING FOR GODOT by Samuel Beckett, 78th Street Theatre Lab, New York
  • GET UP OUT OF YOUR SEATS by Tony Jasper (New Musical), The Jasperian Theatre Company, touring England
  • FORSAKING ALL OTHERS by Brian Dykstra (New Play), Big Sur Productions, Pentameters Theatre, London
  • RAIN DANCE by Terry Gomez (New Play), The Weckesser Studio Theatre, Santa Fe, New Mexico
  • MISO by Susan Shirwen (New Play), TAG Theatre, Honolulu, Hawaii. Out of State Director’s Po’okela Award
  • SUMMER AND SMOKE by Tennessee Williams, The Workhouse Theatre, London
  • THE CRUCIBLE by Arthur Miller, The Workhouse Theatre, London
  • ORPHEUS DESCENDING by Tennessee Williams, The Workhouse Theatre, London
  • LADY WINDERMERE’S FAN by Oscar Wilde, The Workhouse Theatre, London

COLLEGE PRODUCTIONS including:

  • WOYZECK by George Buchner, with Ian Charleson, LAMDA, MacOwen Theatre, London
  • A MIDSUMMERS NIGHT DREAM by William Shakespeare,  BADA, Cecil Sharp House, London
  • BLACK COMEDY by Peter Shaffer, BADA, Tricycle Theatre, London
  • ANTIGONE by Jean Anouilh, BADA, Tricycle Theatre, London
  • MASTER HAROLD AND THE BOYS by Athol Fugard, BADA, Embassy Theatre, London
  • DUSA, FISH, STAS AND VI by Pam Gems, BADA, Embassy Theatre, London
  • STEAMING by Nell Dunn, BADA, Tricycle Theatre, London
  • CRYSTAL CLEAR devised by Phil Young, CD Acting Program, Almeida Theatre, London
  • HAY FEVER by Noel Coward , CD Acting Program, Royal Court Theatre, London (1st Production)
  • THE THREE SISTERS by Anton Chekhov, CD Acting Program, Almeida Theatre, London
  • THE CHERRY ORCHARD by Anton Chekhov, CD Acting Program, Tricycle Theatre, London
  • HAY FEVER by Noel Coward, CD Acting Program, Royal Court Theatre, London (2nd Production)
  • THE HOUSE OF BERNARDA ALBA by Garcia Lorca, CD Acting Program, Tricycle Theatre, London
  • PRIVATE LIVES by Noel Coward, CD Acting Program, The Globe Theatre, Los Angeles
  • BEDROOM FARCE by Alan Ayckbourn, CD Acting Program, The Globe Theatre, Los Angeles
  • THE THREE SISTERS by Anton Chekhov, CSF, Greer Garson Theatre Center, Santa Fe, New Mexico
  • THE MUSICAL IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST by John Sean O’Mahony, CSF, Greer Garson Theatre Center, Santa Fe, New Mexico
  • BLITHE SPIRIT by Noel Coward, CSF, Greer Garson Theatre Center, Santa Fe, New Mexico
  • CABARET book by Joe Masteroff, lyrics by Fred Ebb, music by John Kander, CSF, Greer Garson Theatre Center, Santa Fe, New Mexico
  • THE RIVALS by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, CSF, Greer Garson Theatre Center, Santa Fe, New Mexico
  • WEST SIDE STORY book by Arthur Laurens, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, music by Leonard Bernstein, CSF, Greer Garson Theatre Center, Santa Fe, New Mexico
  • MACBETH by William Shakespeare, CSF, Greer Garson Theatre Center, Santa Fe, New Mexico
  • ENTERTAINING MR. SLOANE by Joe Orton, CSF, Greer Garson Theatre Center, Santa Fe, New Mexico
  • NOISES OFF by Michael Frayn, CSF, Greer Garson Theatre Center, Santa Fe, New Mexico
  • HAIR book and lyrics by Gerome Ragni and James Rado, music by Galt McDermott, CSF, Greer Garson Theatre Center, Santa Fe, New Mexico
  • HAMLET by William Shakespeare, CSF, The Weckesser Studio Theatre, Santa Fe, New Mexico
  • THE BOYFRIEND book and lyrics by Sandy Wilson, CSF, Greer Garson Theatre Center, Santa Fe, New Mexico
  • COME BACK TO THE FIVE AND DIME, JIMMY DEAN, JIMMY DEAN by Ed Graczyk, CSF, Greer Garson Theatre Center, Santa Fe, New Mexico
  • A DOLL’S HOUSE by Henrik Ibsen, CSF, Greer Garson Theatre Center, Santa Fe, New Mexico
  • CRIMES OF THE HEART by Beth Henley, CSF, Greer Garson Theatre Center, Santa Fe, New Mexico
  • THE CRUCIBLE by Arthur Miller, CSF, Greer Garson Theatre Center, Santa Fe, New Mexico
  • THE SEAGULL by Anton Chekhov, CSF, Greer Garson Theatre Center, Santa Fe, New Mexico
  • HAMLET by William Shakespeare, The Workhouse Theatre, London
  • THE CHERRY ORCHARD by Anton Chekhov, The Workhouse Theatre, London
  • MACBETH by William Shakespeare, The Workhouse Theatre, London.
  • ROMEO and JULIET by William Shakespeare, The Workhouse Theatre, London

Theatre Workshops

  • MIXING NETWORKS, London
  • THE ACTORS CENTRE, London
  • THE FREEHOLD THEATRE COMPANY, London, with Nancy Meckler
  • THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSE, Covent Garden, London
  • SHARED EXPERIENCE THEATRE COMPANY, London, with Michael Alfreds
  • RIVERSIDE STUDIOS, London
  • INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP FESTIVAL, London, with Luke Dixon
  • 7:84 THEATRE COMPANY, England and Scotland, with John McGrath
  • FIELD DAY THEATRE COMPANY, Ireland, with Stephen Rea
  • KUMU KAHUA THEATRE, Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, with Gene Schofner
  • UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII on the Big Island, Maui, Kauai and Oahu, Hawaii
  • “A NOISE WITHIN” CLASSICAL THEATRE COMPANY, Glendale, Los Angeles, with Art Manke
  • THE ACTOR’S GUILD, London
  • SANTA FE PLAYHOUSE, New Mexico

Schools & Colleges

  • LONDON ACADEMY OF MUSIC AND DRAMATIC ART (LAMDA), London
  • WEBBER DOUGLAS, DRAMA SCHOOL, London
  • BRITISH AMERICAN DRAMA ACADEMY (BADA), London
  • THE CLARE DAVIDSON ACTING PROGRAM, London & Los Angeles
  • THE ATLANTIC THEATRE COMPANY’S ACTING SCHOOL (NYU), New York
  • UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA, Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii
  • THE MID-PACIFIC INSTITUTE, Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii
  • THE GRAY HILLS HIGH SCHOOL, Navajo Reservation, Tuba City, Arizona
  • THE COLLEGE OF SANTA FE, Santa Fe, New Mexico
  • LOYOLA UNIVERSITY, Biever Guest Lecture Series, New Orleans, Louisiana
  • THE NEW ORLEANS CENTER FOR CREATIVE ARTS (NOCCA), New Orleans, Louisiana
  • THE FLYING SWAN ACTING PROGRAM, Wesleyan University, Connecticut
  • ROYAL CENTRAL SCHOOL OF SPEECH & DRAMA, London
  • THE POOR SCHOOL, London