Darren Clarke
Overview
- Ethnicity
- Latino / Hispanic, Middle Eastern, White / European Descent
- Age Range
- 40 - 60
- Height
- 6' 0" (1m 83cm)
- Weight
- 13st. 0lb. (83kg)
- Hair Colour
- Salt and Pepper
- Eye Colour
- Hazel
- Build
- Medium
Credits
Year | Job Title Project Type |
Project Name Director / Company |
Location |
---|---|---|---|
2021 |
Duke of Cornwall
Theatre |
King Lear Keith Warner / Grange Festival |
The Grange Festival |
2021 |
Lead tenor/ guitar
Television |
Trovatori D&C Clarke / Trovatori Productions |
Worldwide |
2009 |
Tenor
Event |
Zampa tenor/guitar duo G&T productions |
|
2007 |
Football Player, Violent Fan
Theatre |
Playing Away David Pountney / Bregenz Festival Kuntz |
Bregenz Werkstatbuhne |
2007 |
Strolling Player, American Guest
Theatre |
Death In Venice Yoshi Oida / Aldeburgh and Bregenz Festivals |
Snape Maltings-Aldeburgh and Bregenz Festspielhaus |
2006 |
Numerous
Theatre |
Numerous Tim West, / Carl Rosa Opera Company |
Education
Year | Qualification | Where |
---|---|---|
1998 | 4 yr Music and performance | Royal Northern College of Music |
About me
I am an operatic tenor and actor. I have performed in many operas, plays and musicals as well as films and some commercials. I also record many genres of music and voice overs from my home studio. I play Spanish guitar and have performed on high end cruise ships with my wife as guest entertainers. I’ve been a Qi gong practitioner for over ten years.Acting experience:
Over twenty Operatic and musical roles,
Plays- Duke of Cornwall in King Lear at Grange Festival, Mr Rushworth in Mansfield Park, Rochester in Jane Eyre, Cowardly Lion in Wizard of Oz,
Films and commercials.
Dancing experience:
Many,eg; polkas, minuets, waltzes, hornpipes and most classical styles of dancing
Singing experience:
Trained RNCM.
Twenty years of professional productions of opera, operetta, musicals, concerts, oratorio. Tours worldwide (mainly US, Australia and NZ, Europe, UK and Ireland.
Guest artist on Cunard, Holland America, P&O, Saga cruise lines.
Modelling experience:
Early in career did sports modelling and outdoor wear for press, brochures and magazines.
Television experience:
Film, commercials, interviews and some background work
Specific skills:
Singing, acting, recording artist, voice over artist, poetry and book reading/recording, singing and breathing coach,
Additional skills:
Public speaker, stage fighting experience, motorbike license, firearms experience, martial arts experience. Cookery skills.
Interesting past experiences:
Almost arrested for attempting to serenade a girl when I was eighteen- neither her nor her neighbours were happy to listen in the early hours- the folly of youth!
In the early days of singing I opened for Ken Dodd at King Georges Hall by singing some Wagner!
My interests:
Singing, acting, writing, reading, nature, Qi gong
License & Passport
Passport: | Yes |
Driver's License: | Yes |
Skills
Languages Spoken | English, French, German, Italian |
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Accents/Dialects | American - General, Australian, Austrian, Canadian, English - Cockney, English - England East (East Anglia, Cambridge, Hertfordshire), English - England North East (Tyneside, Geordie), English - England North West (Liverpool, Manchester, Lancashire, Cheshire), English - England South East (Oxford, Sussex), English - Essex, English - General, English - Gloucester, English - London, English - Midlands, English - Northern England, English - Received Pronunciation, English - Southwest England, English - West Midlands (Shropshire, Birmingham, Brummie), English - Yorkshire & Humber, French (Standard International), Irish Southern (Munster, Cork), Italian (Standard International), Northern Irish, Scottish, Spanish (International Spanish) Acento Neutro, Upper-class American, US South (Deep South, Dixie, Delta), Welsh, Welsh (Northern), Welsh (Southern) |
Media Specialism | Audiobooks, Cartoons, Commercials, Documentary, Narration, Podcasts, Radio, Spoken word & performance poetry, Teacher / Voice Coach |
Dance Styles | Contemporary, Country Dancing, Disco, Foxtrot, Historical Dance, Line Dancing, Quickstep, Waltz |
Musical Style | Acoustic, Barbershop, Baroque, Big band, Bluegrass, Blues, Cabaret, Carol, Chamber, Classic country, Classic rock, Classical, Close harmony, Country, Flamenco, Folk, Gospel, Metal, Pop, Soul, Swing |
Vocal Types | Baritone, Tenor |
Singing Styles | Adult Contemporary, Cabaret, Choral, Country, Folk, Funk, Gospel, Indie, Jazz/Blues, Legit/Classical, Musical Theatre, Opera, Other, Pop/Rock, Punk, Rapper/MC, RnB, Soul |
Additional Skills | Drag Performance, Singing |
Athletics | Aerobics, Archery, Billiards, Bowling, Canoeing, Cricket, Cycling, Golf, Motorcycling, Shooting, Stage Combat, Tennis, Yoga |
Musical Skills | Guitar, Piano/Keyboards |