Bev Clark is a writer, director as well as a drama facilitator and adjudicator. She has worked in the creative industries for over 40 years. As a youth director in theatres in Bristol, Essex and the Northwest. Also in theatre administration and project leadership. In 2011 she was received by her Majesty the Queen for her work with young people in the Arts.
As an adjudicator she had worked across England and Wales since 2011 and in 2016 she adjudicated an international festival in Belgium.
As a writer, Bev has mostly one-act plays available at www.stagescripts.com but also undertakes commissions especially for schools, youth theatres and community groups.
As a facilitator she has run many workshops, including a devised theatre course for NODA at Warwick university Summer school and a new piece of work Invisible Chains as part of Theatrefest15 on the Isle of Man which examined Modern day slavery.
Bev was trained in Guildhall of Speech and Drama and LAMDA and holds a level 3 in Creative Entrepreneur Diploma and has accredited scriptwriting and creative writing courses. She is a published poet and has won or been placed a few competitions. (see poetry)
From 2008-2018 she was Artistic Director of award-winning community theatre – Hand in Hand Theatre Productions. Among many highlights they were part of RSC Open stages 2012, 2015, and 2016 and performed at Stratford upon Avon and Contact Theatre Manchester.
From Hand in Hand Theatre, a small studio company was formed Bus Stop Productions which performed in small venues and festivals from 2018 – present ( with a two year gap during Covid)
For further details email bevlclark16@gmail.com or follow X@bevclarkplays or follow on facebook bevclarkplays.
Writer/director credits from 2008
Abbreviations. AETF= All England Theatre Festival. NODA =National dramatic and Operatic Assoc.
NDFA.= National Drama Festival Assoc. HIH= Hand in Hand Theatre S.S = Stagescripts.com RSC = Royal Shakespeare Company.
- Stealing Me. Written and directed for Out the Bag Productions. Leverhulme festival..
2008 All Along the River. (HIH) community project for Capital of Culture. Wirral Arts.
- Remembrance Day. One act drama H-I-H AETF multi- festival winner pub. by NODA 2011 and subsequently produced by Sawston theatre group ( Cambridge) and SNADS (Devon) since pub.by SS
2009 George Harrison’s Suitcase H-I-H in association with ROX a showcase with collaborative writers.
2010 The Flood. Community musical produced by Active Drama Birkenhead Park since this has been developed into a full schools production of the modern mysteries. Unpublished, details available direct from bevlclark16@gmail.com
2010 Directed The Importance of Being Ernest. (Wirral) nominated for best drama NODA
2011 Bentley Road to Justice. One act docudrama H-I-H AETF multi- Festival winner . pub 2016 by SS performed by schools.
- After the Dream. Full length comedy drama H-I-H for RSC Open stages performed Contact Theatre Manchester and toured Wirral. Published by SS 2017
2012 A very Victorian Christmas. adapted from Christmas Carol and other works H-I-H
- The Crucible H-I-H Noda winner Best drama. 5-star reviews.
- A festival of war peace remembrance Festival director/Project leader- writer and adapter. -HIH 16 groups/schools performed
- The Winter’s Tale HIH for RSC Open-stages performed Wirral and Stratford upon Avon
2015 The Black Eyes won the Roister Doister playwrighting for a play for young people. Pub.2016 and subsequently performed by youth groups in Birmingham and across Ireland as part of youth theatre of ireland recommended playlist. (re pub SS 2019)
2015 Invisible Chains – created and directed for Theatrefest 15 with NODA Isle of Man
2016 RIP Mr. Shakespeare co-written with Keith hill for HIH performed all over UK as part of RSC open stages and All England theatre Festival and National drama festival. Multi-award winning and received Liverpool Echo Ambassador of Arts award. 5 star reviews. Published and subsequently performed by youth groups in Isle of Man, Yorkshire, Cheshire and Essex.
2017 The Woman’s Voice HIH Ladies in Bonnets adapted from the Jane Austen and Baggage toured Wirral libraries and small venues and after Liverpool, Widnes and Royal Court studio as part of Liverpool Irish festival 5-star reviews. pub SS 2017
- Room no 5 one act absurd mystery published. international premiere by paper bag players Yorkton SK Canada 2019.
2017 Make Me invisible one act youth published. International premiere School of nations Georgetown Guyana South America 2019
2017 A Life Unspoken short drama. Rehearsed reading only pub. by SS 2018
2017 Jessie’s Tree -one act youth drama used by phoenix drama school for LAMDA extracts pub.2018. two productions planned for 2024.
2017 Running out of Time. One act drama pub. 2018
2017 The Ghost Crib. One act drama performed by Withywood drama group Widnes 2018
2017 When the Dark Sea Cries . published 2018 no performances to date.
2018 An Edwardian music Hall. adapted HIH Wirral charity performance
2018 The suitcase suite. Table reading. to date unpublished.
2018 Baggage and SPACE performed Bus stop productions Merseyside tour SPACE pub. SS
2019 Baggage under Bus Stop productions runner up Leverhulme festival.
BAGGAGE has now been performed in Manchester, Oxford, Scotland by various groups 2017-2019. it went to Welwyn drama festival Hertfordshire and won best actress for the part of Annie.
2019 Before the sun goes Dark. Bus Stop. One act drama. Winner of best play/ best director at Cheshire drama festival Nantwich
- SPACE performed by Kirkcaldy ADS Scotland
2020 unactive.
2021 Tinderbox, one act drama was to be performed but cancelled as yet unpublished.
2022 SPACE performed by Stagedore productions Devon.
2023 Ariel’s Flight a short two hander. Won best original script at Cheshire drama festival Storyhouse.
2023 The Waiting a drama for 4 women Won Leverhulme festival and best script and best actress and went to the northern semi finals of AETF were it was runner up and won best staging.
2023. RIP Mr Shakespeare performed by Heald Green YP Theatre winner of GMDF
2023 Baggage performed by Weymouth Drama Club.
2023 (October) planned. Running Out Of Time. Valleyfest as part of Liverpool Fringe
2024 sees performances Jessie’s Tree and Make Me Invisible in Oxted and Jessie’s tree in Cleethorpes. Baggage in Oxted and Redhill and Room No 5 in Gloucester. RIP Mr Shakespeare in Merseyside as well as Bus Stop Productions double -bill of S.P.A.C.E with the Regina Monologues visiting 5 venues across Merseyside.