Alex Clarke
Writer
Film, TV & Theatre
Alex is a comedy and drama writer born in Manchester to Irish parents. She is a proud working-class autistic queer. Currently, she is working on an original TV comedy series as part of her BFI X BAFTA mentorship with Lisa McGee (DERRY GIRLS).
Alex is also working on an original TV drama on the ITV New Talent Scheme with Dancing Ledge Productions. Her mentor is Paula Milne (THE POLITICIAN'S WIFE / THE VIRGIN QUEEN).
After being selected for a Screenskills mentorship with documentary filmmaker Maria Hasse Coelho, she is embarking on her first documentary short QUEER WITCHCRAFT about the rise of alternative spirituality in the LGBTQA community.
Alex has been part of BFI NETWORK x BAFTA Guru Scheme for two years running and enjoys exploring themes of displacement, shifting identities, sexuality, and personal power in her work.
In Development
Production | Company | Notes |
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REFUGE 2022 | Dancing Ledge Productions | - Original drama series |
HOW TO BE AUTISITIC 2022 | Adapted Pictures / BFI | - TV adaptation of YA memoir HOW TO BE AUTISTIC by Charlotte Amelia Poe |
BELOW 2022 | Bonafide Films / C4 | - Original short-form series |
HUNTERS MOON 2022 | Hipster Films | - Folk horror feature |
CLOUD 9 2022 | Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester | - Writing under a development grant |
Radio
Production | Company | Notes |
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WAKING BEAUTY 2019 | BBC Radio 4 | - Winner of the BBC's Alfred Bradley Award |
Theatre
Production | Company | Notes |
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SISTERS OF THE MIDNIGHT BERRIES 2019 | Salford Art's Theatre | - Dir. Roni Ellis |
MY NAME IS HUNGER 2013 | The Salon Collective | - Dir. Dominic Kelly |
OUR KID JESUS 2013 | The Salon Collective | - In association with The Cockpit Theatre (London) and 3 Minute Theatre (Manchester) |
DANCING DOG GETS A CREDIT CARD 2013 | Writer's Avenue | - In association with The Soho Theatre, as part of the 6 Degrees Event |
SECONDS 2011 - 2012 | Writer's Avenue / Missfit Productions | - In association with The Soho Theatre, Pleasance Theatre and Rosemary Branch Theatre |
THE CRUCIFIXION OF MADELINE MACKAY 2009 | Missfit Productions | - In association with The Red Lion Theatre and The Rosemary Branch |