CLARA ARMAND - and the Interanimation Theatre Company LLP
listen to a track of Starstruck, view a video of The Marriage
THEATRE PRODUCTIONS:
in retrospective order

THE THREE SISTERS by A. Chekhov,

Interanimation Theatre Company LLP, Stratford Circus Theatre,
Stratford East, 2004

The Three Sisters is a nineteenth-century comedy but fretted with the anguish and cruelty of contemporary life.

 

MISS JULIE

 

by August Strindberg, Interanimation Theatre Company LLP, Stratford Circus Theatre, Stratford East, 2002
Strindberg’s symbolist-naturalist signature play about the predicament of the aristocracy in Norway…

BEHIND THE MOON

 

 

written and directed by Clara Armand, Lark Theatre Company, The Courtyard Theatre, 1997
 Set nowadays, the play tells the story of a family making their way into the world of the fashion industry. Events take a surprising turn when fashion designer Marion Cowley discovers that her life rapidly descends into chaos.

THE MARRIAGE by N. Gogol

Thorndike Rep Theatre, October-December 1995, and subsequently The Oak Street Theatre in Portland, Maine, USA, 1995/1996

An incredible incident, in which the bride and bridegroom-to-be never get to walk the isle together.

view a video extract of The Marriage

 

STAGS AND HENS

by Willy Russell (The Barn Theatre, Sidcup, London, February, 1995)

THE GOOD WOMAN OF SEZUAN

by B. Brecht, Thorndike Exchange, Thorndike Rep Theatre, 1994
A young woman has to pretend that she is her male cousin to persuade everybody, including the Gods, that she is fit for business.

TWELFTH NIGHT

 by William ShakespeareLakeside Theatre, 1994

ROMEO AND JULIET

by William Shakespeare (Demarco Theatre, Edinburgh Theatre Festival, 1994, Best Youth Theatre Achievement Prize) Shakespeare’s immortal tale of love and hatred.

DAUGHTERS AND SONS

Cabaret showcase, Whitehall Theatre, West End, 1993

 

THE CRUCIBLE
by Arthur Miller, Bellairs Playhouse, Guildford, November, 1993

Arthur Miller’s tale of witch hunts in the times of the puritan New England and McCarthy’s America.

 

A PACK OF LIES
by Hugh Whitemore, Founders Studio Theatre, Guildford, April, 1993
A family caught in between two power-systems…

 

 

MUSICALS:

STAGESTRUCK
Book and lyrics by Clara Armand, music by Mike Flood.
Musical, The Etcetera Theatre, London, 2000
 ?We?re in the Chief dressing room at the Vignette Theatre, a forgotten, audience-forsaken playhouse in the back street of some Northern town. The room?s rightful occupant, Miss Jefferson, is on stage screeching out the part of Lady Bracknell, while her dresser, make-up artist and general factotum Sally (who is mistakenly called ?Mary? by the Vignette theatre?s admin staff) tries on her frocks and lipstick and tells us of her gloriously imagined future. An engaging hostess, Sally makes us privy to the story behind-the-scenes politics of the Vignette theatre. It?s the mixture of tones Armand employs that makes Stagestruck more interesting than any summary could suggest: it has grittiness and schmaltz in almost equal measure.?…
from Robert Lloyd Parry's review about Stagestruck in Hampstead & Highgate Express, August, 11, 2000
listen to a track of Stagestruck

CABARET

 

by Kandor & Ebb (musical, The Queen’s Theatre, Hertfordshire, 1998)
The tale of a cabaret singer in nazi Germany through the eyes of a young American

THE SNOW QUEEN
adapted from H. C. Andersen by Greg Cullen. The Old Bull Arts Centre, December, 1995
Kay’s heart is transformed into a piece of ice, but Gerda and her friends, The Reindeer, The Crows Clive and Carrie, the Horse, the Robber Girl and the Lappwoman, undertake some extraordinary adventures to restore justice and bring Kay back.

 
FILM AND VIDEO PRODCUTIONS:

THE CRUMBS OF HAPPINESS
Short Film, 16mm,
Raindance Film Showcase, Metro Cinema In Leicester Square, February, 1998

Coincidence brings brewery worker Lindsay, computer programmer Jason and decorative flowers’ manufacturer Emily together.

 

STARSTRUCK

 

 TV movie, 35mm, 90 min., Crystal Prism Productions, screened at the 1998 International Film Festival in Cannes, acquired and broadcast by the Berlin Television, 1999

TENACITY

 

 Short Film, 16mm, broadcast on Channel 4, 2002
A young artist gets a strange visitor who tempts him to paint kitsch, only to discover that was the Greem Reaper.
THINGS COULD ONLY GET BETTER Short Video, subsequently produced on CD-rum, First Light, 2002
A primary school teacher confronts her students’ ambitious parents. Satire.
Member of The Directors Guild of Great Britain, The Writers Guild of Great Britain and The British Academy of Film and Television Arts