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SIAN CLIFFORD

Height: 5 Feet 71/2 Inches
Hair: Dark Brown
Eyes: Dark Brown

Nationality: British
Natural Accent: RP/West London (click to hear my voice)

Theatre Whilst At RADA:

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Character
Clara Soppitt
Desdemona/Emilia
Rich Man
Raphael/Aggie/Clodia
Poggio/Hippolita
Lady Teazle/Lady Sneerwell/
Mrs Candour/Moses
Nokomis
Sara Jane Moore
Iris/Aphrodite
Nell Gwyn
Maria Grekova
Svanhild
Production
When We Are Married
Othello
The Great Theatre of the World
The Last Carnival
‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore
The School for Scandal

Hiawatha
Assassins
The Love of the Nightingale
Playhouse Creatures
Platonov
Love's Comedy

Director
Dee Cannon
John Beschizza
William Gaskill
Burt Caesar
Jamie Glover
 Deborah Paige

Jeff Teare
Geoff Bullen
Orla O'Loughlin
Nick Hutchison
Helena Kaut-Howson
Bardy Thomas

Special Skills
Period dance and flamenco; BASSC Certificate in stage combat; strong mezzo-soprano singer; very good ear for accents; good Spanish.

Other Experience
Member of the Artists Theatre School 2001-2003 (founded and run by Amanda Redman) and appeared in various roles in their production From the Heart; Little Red Riding Hood in Into the Woods, and Mallory Kingsley/Avril Raines in City of Angels for Triffid Productions (2000 & 2001 – raising money for the Meningitis Trust).

Special Interests
Being outdoors; travelling to new places and learning different languages (since working as a volunteer on a kibbutz in Israel); classical literature and modern English and American poetry – particularly e e cummings and Michael Rosen’s Carrying the Elephant; exploring London, where I grew up, and its hidden architecture.

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