Daniel
Clarkson

Dan is an Olivier award nominated writer/performer most well-known for creating and performing in Potted Potter since 2005. Other credits include Loaded, Potted Panto and Potted Sherlock. Dan is the writer and creator of King Kong at The Vaults. 

Daniel is best known for being one half of the double act Dan and Jeff, creators of Potted Pirates, the Olivier-nominated Potted Panto, the Olivier-nominated Potted Potter, and Potted Sherlock, which have toured the world with great success.

In 2009 Daniel took an 18 month break from the theatre to present on CBBC with Jeff. His other TV credits include Where The Heart Is (ITV), Coronation Street (ITV), Emmerdale (ITV), and Big Brother's Little Brother (C4). Theatre credits include Accidental Death of an Anarchist and Little Shop of Horrors and Art. short film A Crimson Man.

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CV

Theatre

Director

Claire Ford: Unboxed
Just The Tonic
The Kagools: Kula
Just The Tonic
Eric & Ernie
Starring
  • Ian Ashpitel and Jonty Stephens
    •
    UK Number 1 Tour
    Eric & Ern Christmas Show
    Starring
  • Ian Ashpitel and Jonty Stephens
    •
    The Lowry Manchester
    Potted Potter (Director)
    West End/World Tour/US Tour
    Trumpageddon
    Writer Simon Jay
    Gilded Ballon Teviot
    Darktales
    Writer Tim Arthur
    Pleasance One, Edinburgh Festival
    One Man Breaking Bad
    Starring
  • Miles Allen
    •
    Gilded Balloon, Edinburgh Festival
    One Man Breaking Bad
    Starring
  • Miles Allen
    •
    UK Tour/USA Tour/Australia Tour/ India Tour

    Writer & Performer

    Potted Potter (Writer & Performer)
    Co-Writer/Performer (Dan) 
    Director Richard Hurst
    West End/World Tour/US Tour/Edinburgh/Little Shubert Theater
    Potted Panto
    Co-Writer/Performer (Dan) 
    Director Richard Hurst
    The Garrick Theatre
    Potted Sherlock
    Co-Writer/Performer (Dan) 
    Director Hannah Berrigan
    Pleasance Theatre (Seabright Productions)
    Potted Pirates
    Co-Writer/Performer (Dan) 
    Director Richard Hurst
    Pleasance, Edinburgh

    Writer

    The Crown Duals
    Commissioned to write script 
    Producer Seabright Productions Ltd
    King Kong (A Comedy)
    Writer 
    Director Owen Lewis
    The Vaults

    Performer

    Cinderella
    Britany (Ugly Sister) 
    Director George Critchley
    Prince of Wales Theatre (PMA)
    Get Lost (The Maze)
    Peter 
    Director Richard Stamp
    Potter's Field (dotComedy)
    Anna
    Dimitri 
    Director Jonathan Metcalf
    Catch 22
    The Sketch Machine
    Various 
    Director Paul Jones
    Tea Leaf Productions
    Accidental Death of an Anarchist
    The Maniac 
    Director Tristan Smith
    The Drama Studio
    Aladdin
    P.C. Pong 
    Director Mathew Townsend
    PMA
    Farmer Palmer
    Frankie The Fox 
    Director Mathew Townsend
    PMA
    Head Long
    Derick 
    Director Amy Bonsall
    Glass Jelly Fish
    Alice in Wonderland
    Tweedle Dee/Caterpillar 
    Director Arnie Breen
    PMA
    Art
    Serge 
    Director Marcus Garvey
    The Experimental Players
    Scrooge 'A Christmas Carol'
    Bob Cratchit/The Ghost of Christmas Present 
    Director Arnie Breen
    PMA
    Taming of the Shrew
    Hortensio 
    Director Sue Cavender
    The Power House Theatre
    Death (A Play)
    The Maniac/Various 
    Director Tim Kedge
    Antrios Productions
    Fear and Misery in the Third Reich
    The Inspector/Various 
    Director Bob English
    The Power House
    Once A Coward
    The Shadow/Major Michael Green/Colonel AB Dunsterville 
    Director Benjamin Stratton
    The Arts Theatre

    Television

    Performer

    Loaded
    Police Officer 
    Director Natalie Bailey
    Hillbilly Films for Channel 4/AMC
    The Slammers 3
    Co-Writer/Performer 
    Director Steve Ryde
    BBC
    CBBC Presentation
    Himself 
    Director Andy Garland
    CBBC
    Big Brothers Little Brother (Potted Big Brother)
    Co-Writer/Performer (Dan) 
    Director Alex Martin
    Endemol
    Coronation Street
    George (Concierge) 
    Director Tim O'Mara
    Granada Television
    Emmerdale
    Dr Kamming 
    Director Tim O'Mara
    Yorkshire Television
    Blue Peter
    Storyteller 
    Director Nick Harris
    BBC
    Me Him & Her
    Pesimistic Trev 
    Director James Fortune
    C4T TV
    Where The Heart Is
    The Doorman 
    Director Rowland Hill
    Grananda Television

    Film

    Performer

    Woe Is Me (Short Film)
    Ron 
    Director Simon Cartwright
    Elation Pictures
    A Crimson Man (Short Film)
    Red 
    Director Mike Pappa
    Independent
    The Usual Children
    The Blue Knight 
    Director Stuart St Paul
    Real I.T. Productions
    The Lawman
    The Lawman 
    Director Ben Watson
    Spoonfed Productions
    Tales of Hoffman
    Coppelius 
    Director Luc Mollinger
    Knives Out Productions