Claire Childs

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    Biography

    Claire studied Mathematics at Oxford before starting her career as a lighting designer. Her credits include the UK and international tours of Sherlock Holmes: The Sign of Four and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Blackeyed Theatre), and the UK tours of I Am Beast, Killing Roger and The Girl With No Heart (Sparkle and Dark), The Snowsmith, Boulder and Under the Frozen Moon (Half a String), The Tempest (Thick as Thieves), Revenge (Crime and Comedy Theatre Company), The Shipwrecked House (Penned in the Margins) and The Just So Stories (Red Table Theatre). 

    Other lighting designs include 100 Years and Push (Popelei Theatre), Humane (True Name Productions), Kaj Nazar (London Armenian Opera), Invisible Me (House of Stray Cats), As One and Imoinda (Lontano), Zaryab (Toos Foundation), Mozart vs Machine (Mahogany Opera Group), Robin Hood (The Opera Story), Rudolf  (Pins and Needles), Iolanthe (Charles Court Opera), The Barrier (Earwig Arts), 1000 Songs (Pinch Punch), Venus/Mars (act up) and A Midsummer Night's Dream (Cornucopia).

    Lighting designs for dance productions include Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid, Alice - Wonderland Through the Looking Glass and Dracula - Welcome to D's (Chantry Dance Company) and NowHere and Forgot Your Password? (Divya Kasturi). 

    Claire is an associate artist with Half a String.

    www.clairechilds.co.uk

     

    Specialisms

    Theatre:
    • International
    • West End
    • Commercial Tour
    • Regional (Main House)
    • Regional (Studio)
    • Small Scale Touring
    • Fringe / Pub Theatre
    • Education Establishment
    • Touring relights
    Musical:
    • Small Scale / Fringe
    • Education Establishment
    • Touring relights
    Opera:
    • Small scale
    • Touring relights
    Dance:
    • Medium Scale
    • Small Scale
    • Touring relights
    Non-professional:
    • Dance
    • Musicals
    • Opera
    • Plays

    Previous productions

    Show name Type Venue/Company Role Creative Team Opened
    Into The Woods Musical Hampden Hall
    Emanuel Theatre Company     		Lighting Designer Director: Jack Reardon
    Tiny Planet Theatre Lakeside Arts Centre, Nottingham, then touring
    Half a String     		Lighting Designer Director: Peter Morton
    Set designer: Peter Morton
    Sweeney Todd Musical Hampden Hall
    Emanuel Theatre Company     		Lighting Designer Director: Carla Graves
    The Ring of Fire Opera Marylebone Theatre
    London Armenian Opera     		Lighting Designer Director: Seta White
    In and Out of Chekhov's Shorts Theatre Southwark Playhouse (Large)
    Dragonboy Productions     		Lighting Designer Director: Eliot Giuralarocca
    Set designer: Victoria Spearing
    Beauty and the Beast Musical Hampden Hall
    Emanuel Theatre Company     		Lighting Designer Director: Carla Graves
    A Matter of Time Dance Guildhall Theatre Grantham
    Chantry Dance Company     		Lighting Designer Choreographer: Rae Piper and Paul Chantry
    Anoush Opera Marylebone Theatre
    London Armenian Opera     		Lighting Designer Director: Seta White
    Set designer: Melissa Sofoian
    Ghost Dances Dance Guildhall Arts Centre
    Chantry Dance Company     		Lighting Designer Choreographer: Rae Piper and Paul Chantry
    Tales from a Thousand and One Nights Theatre Greenwich Theatre, then touring
    Dragonboy Productions     		Lighting Designer Director: Eliot Giuralarocca
    Set designer: Victoria Spearing
    The Snowsmith Theatre Ware Drill Hall
    Half a String     		Lighting Designer Director: Peter Morton
    Set designer: Peter Morton
    Days in Quarantine Theatre White Bear Theatre Lighting Designer Director: Jules Chan
    To Varnam With Love Dance Trestle Arts Base, then touring
    Divya Kasturi     		Touring Re-Lighter Lighting designer: RIC MOUNTJOY
    Choreographer: Divya Kasturi
    Beauty and the Beast Dance Guildhall Arts Centre, then touring
    Chantry Dance Company     		Lighting Designer Choreographer: Rae Piper and Paul Chantry
    London Sinfonietta: Then & Now Concert Purcell Room, Southbank Centre
    London Sinfonietta     		Lighting Designer
    Humane Theatre Downstairs - Pleasance London
    True Name     		Lighting Designer Director: Imy Wyatt Corner
    Set designer: Daisy Blower
    The Little Mermaid Dance Guildhall Theatre Grantham, then touring
    Chantry Dance Company     		Lighting Designer Choreographer: Rae Piper and Paul Chantry
    As One Opera The Warehouse Waterloo
    Lontano     		Lighting Designer Director: Benjamin Davis
    Iolanthe Opera Kings Head Theatre, Islington
    Charles Court Opera     		Lighting Designer Director: John Savournin
    Set designer: Rachel Szmukler
    The Chantry Gala Dance Guildhall Theatre Grantham
    Chantry Dance Company     		Lighting Designer Choreographer: Paul Chantry and Rae Piper
    Revenge Theatre Greenwich Theatre, then touring
    Crime and Comedy Theatre Company     		Lighting Designer Director: Louise Jameson
    To Varnam With Love Dance Key Theatre, Peterborough, then touring
    Divya Kasturi     		Lighting Designer Choreographer: Divya Kasturi
    Zaryab Theatre Logan Hall, London
    Toos Foundation     		Lighting Designer Director: Seta White
    Set designer: Alexandra Kharibian
    Alice - Wonderland Through the Looking Glass Dance Guildhall Theatre Grantham, then touring
    Chantry Dance Company     		Lighting Designer Choreographer: Paul Chantry and Rae Piper
    Set designer: Rae Piper
    100 Years Theatre Arcola Theatre
    Popelei Theatre     		Lighting Designer Director: Scarlett Plouviez
    Set designer: Rachel Wingate
    Nazar the Brave Opera Bishop Centre
    London Armenian Opera     		Lighting Designer Director: Seta White
    Set designer: Zahra Mansouri
    Boulder Theatre The Marlowe Theatre Studio, then touring
    Half a String     		Lighting Designer Director: Peter Morton
    Set designer: Peter Morton
    Robin Hood Opera Bussey Building Peckham
    The Opera Story     		Lighting Designer Director: Polly Graham
    Set designer: April Dalton
    Imoinda Opera The Warehouse Waterloo
    Lontano     		Lighting Designer Director: Barbara Poll
    Rudolf Theatre Midlands Arts Centre
    Pins and Needles     		Lighting Designer Director: Anna Girvan
    Set designer: Charlotte Cooke
    Invisible Me Theatre Little Angel Theatre, then touring
    House of Stray Cats     		Lighting Designer Director: Shelley Knowles-Dixon
    Set designer: Peter Morton
    Dracula - Welcome to D's Dance Guildhall Theatre Grantham, then touring
    Chantry Dance Company     		Lighting Designer Choreographer: Rae Piper and Paul Chantry
    Set designer: Rae Piper
    Sherlock Holmes - The Sign of Four Theatre New Theatre Royal Portsmouth, then touring
    Blackeyed Theatre     		Lighting Designer Director: Nick Lane
    Set designer: Victoria Spearing
    1000 Songs Opera Arcola Studio 2 (Grimeborn Festival)
    Pinch Punch and Myaseen     		Lighting Designer Director: Seta White
    Lucky Stiff Musical Paradise Greenside
    BB Theatre Productions     		Lighting Designer Director: Julian Hirst
    Mozart vs Machine Opera Quarterhouse Folkestone
    Mahogany Opera Group     		Lighting Designer Director: Frederic Wake-Walker
    Set designer: Kitty Callister
    The Tempest Theatre Theatre Severn Shrewsbury, then touring
    Thick as Thieves     		Lighting Designer Director: Nicky Diss and Thomas Judd
    Mignon Opera Lewes Town Hall, then touring
    New Sussex Opera     		Lighting Designer Director: Harry Fehr
    Set designer: Elly Wdowski
    Leader of the pack Musical Waterloo East Theatre
    Waterloo East Theatre     		Lighting Designer Director: Gerald Armin
    I AM BEAST Theatre Pleasance Edinburgh, then touring
    Sparkle and Dark     		Lighting Designer Director: Shelley Knowles-Dixon
    Set designer: Lily Faith Knight and Shelley Knowles-Dixon
    Forgot Your Password? Dance Watford Palace Theatre, then touring
    Divya Kasturi     		Lighting Designer Choreographer: Divya Kasturi
    The Shipwrecked House Theatre Penned in the Margins Lighting Designer Director: Tom Chivers
    The Just So Stories Theatre Red Table Theatre Lighting Designer Director: Rafe Beckley
    Picasso is Coming... Ce Soir Theatre St James Theatre Studio
    PD Productions     		Lighting Designer Director: Peter Gerald
    A Midsummer Night's Dream Theatre Glamis Adventure Playground
    Cornucopia Theatre     		Lighting Designer Director: Mark Duncan
    The Barrier Theatre Park Theatre
    Earwig Arts     		Lighting Designer Director: Kirrie Wratten
    Set designer: Anna Hourriere
    NowHere Dance Divya Kasturi Lighting Designer Choreographer: Divya Kasturi
    Venus/Mars Theatre Old Red Lion Theatre
    act up     		Lighting Designer Director: Rikki Henry
    Set designer: Petra Hjortsberg
    Blavatsky's Tower Theatre Barons Court Theatre
    Behind the Eye Theatre     		Lighting Designer Director: Will Maynard
    Set designer: Cleo Harris-Seaton
    Killing Roger Theatre Sparkle and Dark Lighting Designer Director: Shelley Knowles-Dixon
    Set designer: Anna Shuttleworth
    The Girl With No Heart Theatre Bedlam Theatre, then touring
    Sparkle and Dark     		Lighting Designer Director: Shelley Knowles-Dixon
    Set designer: Anna Shuttleworth
    Contact method Details
    Email address clairerachelchilds@gmail.com