Hello. My name's Clair. I am a poet, storyteller and playwright.  

Poetry is my first love and it’s taken me all over the place. I’ve been resident poet at poetry institution Bang Said the Gun; won the Farrago Easter Slam and Valentine’s Anti-Slam; been a regular featured act at Stand Up & Slam, and performed at arts festivals all around the UK including Ledbury Poetry Festival, Settle Storytelling Festival, The Larmer Tree Festival and Chester Literary Festival .  

My work...

As well as loads of jaunty, comedic poems in 2015/16 I wrote a one-woman poetry-play and took it to the Edinburgh Fringe. Then, from 2016 - 2019, I took Chillies on a 40-date UK tour. Eternal and heartfelt thanks to Guy Masterson, who directed me and elevated it from a poem into a piece of theatre.

Current projects

I am currently writing all sorts. These include new shows, plays, monologues, true stories and of course poems.

When I’m not performing or writing or running poetry workshops, I work as a copywriter. 

Thank-yous and acknowledgements

I’d never be able to get on stage and share my work, if I didn’t have an army behind me supporting me, encouraging me and championing my work.  So BIG thanks to my incredible partner; my parents; my sister Suzy and bro Chris; my fairy godmothers Guy and Russell; my dramaturg for Cobbler From Kerala Amelia Sears and my amazing friends, Katie & James Lester, Katie Phillips, Claire Davies and Caroline Parkes.