Clara Brennan

Clara is a playwright and TV drama writer.

For screen, her current commissions include an original TV drama, The Berserkers, with Patrick Spence for C4 and she is on the writing team for series 2 of My Mad Fat Diary.

As a playwright her work has been performed at the Soho Theatre, Southwark Playhouse, York Theatre Royal, The Duke's Theatre, the Arcola Theatre and the Traverse Theatre, and her plays include Rain, Portmanteau, Monogram, Bud Takes The Wheel, I Feel A Song Coming On, Hi Vis and Spine. In 2012, she was awarded the OffWestEnd Adopt a Playwright Award for her play Clusterfuck, which she is developing with producer Clive Brill and mentor Richard Bean. Her work is published by Oberon.

"Brennan's writing is sharply observed, economic and tightly plotted... " (WhatsonStage)

"Drama of epic proportions" (Metro)

"Brennan's coming of age as a truly significant voice in modern theatre” (Broadway Baby)

She is also studying for a PhD and her thesis explores Empathy and the Performance of Human Rights.