Clare Summerskill - The Stand-up Comedienne

As seen on "Richard & Judy"!!!

Clare's Clever

As a Lesbian Comedienne, Clare performs an original cocktail of stand-up and comedy songs to mainly Gay and Lesbian audiences up and down the country and has even been known to make straight people chuckle just a little bit!!! She brings "Dyke" humour to the forefront of alternative comedy!

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"One of the funniest women in the country" - Whats On

"Uninhibited and Unorthodox" - The Independent

Clare writes and performs her own stage shows, several of which have been produced at The Edinburgh Fringe Festival and taken around the country to venues which include The Komedia, Brighton, Oval House Theatre, London. Arena Theatre, Wolverhampton. Lighthouse, Poole. Tobacco Factory, Bristol. Y Theatre, Leicester. Unity Theatre, Liverpool and Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield.

"A Lesbian Victoria Wood" - Radio 4 Woman's Hour

A very long time ago Clare was one half of the lesbian cabaret act "ALICE AND CLARE" (She, of course, being the CLARE part of that duo) who were nominated "Best Cabaret Act of the Year!!" (I won't say what year….) and whilst Clare still performs on her own, Alice is now doing a grown up job and reads the news and the shipping forecast for RADIO 4

"One of the most rip-roaring talents on the lesbian stage today" - Rainbow Network

Clare's one-woman theatre shows have all had London runs and then national tours of theatres around the country. They include:

  • AN EVENING WITH CLARE SUMMERSKILL
  • FANTASY HECKLER
  • THE BOOTLEG CLARE SUMMERSKILL
  • CLARE SUMMERSKILL PRESENTS HER FINEST BITS!
  • CLARE SUMMERSKILL ACTS HER AGE

Reviews

"After last night's performance of THE BOOTLEG CLARE SUMMERSKILL my throat's raw from laughing so much at the all too accurate takes on various lesbian lives. Clare Summerskill is definitely the discerning dyke's comedienne. What a refreshing change to hear hysterical takes on lesbian lives without malice and with total abandon. She metamorphosises into her charaters with amazingly scary accuracy . Her songs are very entertaining and her wit in abundance. She's quirky, she's smart and she doesn't just have a sharp sense of humour she has the whole shebang!"
Gingerbeer

"In FANTASY HECKER Clare tells the story of her childhood, her puberty, her first affair, through to womanhood, and settling down and breaking up! Although all of these stories are told with a lesbian angle, they are directly relevant to everyone. Not only lesbians have psycho partners, not only dykes get dumped, not only women fancy Charlie's Angels!
Sometime quite moving the play hightlights how difficult it can be to be different: the fear during puberty, the self-doubt involved in a first sexual experience and the taboo surrouding the very word "Lesbian". Clare is warm-hearted and honest with respect to these issues, immediately drawing the audience into her confidence.
I have to reiterate that this is not just a performance for lesbians. Sure, lesbians will enjoy it, but there's more to be had here. A person who can't find any warmth or humour here has done nothing, been no-where and had no-one!"
THEATREWORLD MAGAZINE