ABOUT CLAIRE

Claire Love Wilson (she/they) is queer white/Scottish settler multidisciplinary artist living on the ancestral and unceded territories of the xwməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil- Waututh) First Nations. She works as a theatre-maker, actor, playwright, musician, and singer-songwriter. 

Claire has been featured as a creator and performer at the Vancouver Fringe Festival, the rEvolver festival, The Shift Festival, and Theatre Under the Gun in collaboration with companies like The Only Animal, Urban Ink, and the frank theatre. Claire has also facilitated workshops on her personal loop- based performance practice “Song-Walking” locally as part of Interplay Festival and the Vancouver Outsider Arts Festival, as well as internationally at the University of The West of Scotland, the Scottish Storytelling Centre, and BAM in Paris.  

Claire is the co- creator, lead performer and co-producer of the experimental musical “Morag, You’re a Long Time Deid”, which works to queer traditional Scottish ballads through loop-based soundscaping and storytelling. As a work in development MORAG has been showcased at the National Theatre of Scotland, The Scottish Storytelling Centre and at PushOff in Vancouver. The production premiered as part of Touchstone Theatre’s 45th anniversary season in June 2022.

Most recently, Claire worked as an actor and associate producer with ITSAZOO and Aphotic Theatre on the immersive theatre experience, “The Cafe”, and is excited to remount the show as part of the 2023 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival.