Clara Darcy

as herself

Clara is originally from Stockport, and currently resides just a stone’s throw from where she grew up in Heaton Moor. She trained at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts.

Oldham Coliseum Theatre credits include: Chicago; Brassed Off; Martha; Josie & the Chinese Elvis; Return to the Forbidden Planet.

Theatre credits include: Brassed Off, The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe (New Vic Theatre); A Christmas Carol, Alice in Wonderland, James & the Giant Peach (Northern Stage, Newcastle); The Cat & the Canary (National tour); Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (Queen’s Theatre, Hornchurch); Party Skills for the End of the World (Manchester International Festival / Shoreditch Town Hall / Shunt); Brassed Off (Wolverhampton Grand); Miss Nightingale (Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds & national tour); Forever Young (Nottingham Playhouse / Oldham Coliseum); Propaganda Swing (Coventry Belgrade / Nottingham Playhouse); Brassed Off (York Theatre Royal & no.1 tour); Sweeney Todd, David Copperfield, Robin Hood, The Hired Man (UK Theatre Award Winner – Best Performance in a Musical) (Bolton Octagon); We Love You City (Coventry Belgrade); A Government Inspector, Heidi (Northern Broadsides); The Right Ballerina (Library Theatre / Lowry); The Merchant of Venice (Lancaster Castle); The Taming of the Shrew (Oddsocks Productions).

Television and film credits include: Eric & Ernie (nominated for BAFTA) (BBC); Emmerdale and The Royal (ITV); Hollyoaks (Channel 4); Suburbia and Retribution (Sky).

Radio credits include: Elaine Paige on Sunday (BBC Radio 2).

We Should Definitely Have More Dancing is the first piece that Clara has written for the stage.