Clare Bayley
Playhouse Playmaker Mentor

Clare’s adaptation of George Sand’s Gabriel was performed as part of Oxford Playhouse Plays Out in May 2022 and On The March for Oxford Playhouse Young Company in 2018. Other plays include After The Peace (longlisted for the Bruntwood Prize 2019); Family Trees (readings at Bolton Octagon 2019 and Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough); The Enchantment (National Theatre, London 2007), and The Container (Fringe First and Amnesty International Freedom of Expression Award 2007).
Clare also writes for radio (In The Van, The Secret Place, Portobello Beach). Her audio play Snares will be broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 26 October 2024, directed by Nadia Molinari. Clare is co-author with Fraser Grace of Playwriting: A Writer’s and Artist’s Companion (Bloomsbury 2015), and teaches Playwriting at Central School of Speech and Drama and University of Cambridge Institute of Continuing Education.