Paul Clark

Opera Composition - Winner 1998

Paul is co-artistic director of performance company Clod Ensemble and has written original scores for all the company's productions to date. Recent works includes Under Glass (Sadler's Wells, Edinburgh Festival and UK tour - winner of Total Theatre Award 2009), Must (Public Theatre New York, Soho Theatre London and UK Tour) and Red Ladies (ICA, London and Serralves Institute, Porto and UK tour). He has also written four chamber operas including The Weather Man (Opera North 2004/5) and liebeslied/my suicides (ICA/Genesis Foundation 2004). He has written dozens of scores for theatre, from the fringe to venues including the National Theatre, Young Vic, the Berlin Schaubuhne and Koln Shauspielhaus with directors including Katie Mitchell, David Farr, Jonathon Holloway and Judy Hegarty. He has also written for radio, film and TV, for directors including Arnaud Desplechin and Emily Young and collaborated with a huge range of artists including Dangermouse, Mark E Smith, David Sedaris, Rut Blees Luxemberg, Mel Brimfield and Simon Amstell. Currently working on a new piece with Clod Ensemble for Sadler's Wells.