Profiles - Claire Harding

Claire trained at Birmingham School of Speech and Drama and has enjoyed a great variety of work in her career so far. Theatre credits include ‘Elizabeth Bennett’ in PRIDE AND PREJUDICE and ‘Henrietta Angkatell’ in THE HOLLOW (Gawsworth), ‘Josie’ in STEAMIMG (Pomegranate , Chesterfield) and ‘Kate Warren’ in DEADLY NIGHTCAP (Gordon Craig, Stevenage). She also played ‘Diskette’ in the rock musical VIRUS and appeared for the RSC in RICHARD III at Stratford.

Claire has worked extensively in rep in roles such as ‘Cathy’ in WUTHERING HEIGHTS, ‘Mrs De Winter’ in REBECCA, ‘Annie’ in ROUND AND ROUND THE GARDEN and ‘Sally Pratt’ in I’VE BEEN HERE BEFORE. In contrast to this she has appeared in pop videos (one reaching No 12 in the charts!) and was glimpsed in Channel 4’s TV movie MERLIN.

Claire did a No 1 tour of THE LAVENDER HILL MOB playing ‘Mrs Fazackerly’ and ‘Madame Gascoigne’. Since then she has played ‘Gladys’ in a new musical called THE ANGEL choreographed by Wayne Sleep, ‘Susan’ in FIVE KINDS OF SILENCE and ‘Colina’ in the film THE SHADOW.

In pantomime she has played many roles from ‘Fairy Snowdrop’ in SNOW WHITE (Sands, Carlisle) to ‘Prince Charming’ in CINDERELLA (Swan, Worcester) and a whole host of characters in A CHRISTMAS CAROL at Durham and Wimbledon.