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LATEST NEWS
April 2026
2026 UK Tour of 'Haunted Shadows: The Gothic Tales of Edith Nesbit'
Claire wins the Hamilton Deane Award
november 2025
Claire to play Carolotta Gray in Noel Coward's 'A Song at Twilight'
September 2025
Claire will play the role of Edith Nesbit in the one woman show, Haunted Shadows on tour between 16 April and 20 May 2026 after the show's numerous 4 star reviews and winning The show is adapted from Nesbit's ghost stories and memoirs. The tour dates, reviews and photos can be viewed here: Haunted Shadows | Monkey With Cymbals (amonkeywithcymbals.co.uk)
Claire won The Hamilton Deane Award for her performance in 'Haunted Shadows: The Gothic Tales of Edith Nesbit' - previously won by such luminaries as Benedict Cumberbatch, Mark Gatiss and Christopher Lee.
Claire is delighted to be playing the role of Carlotta Gray in Noel Coward's play A Song at Twilight this August / September in the Paul-Taylor Mills Summer Rep in Sidmouth. This is her third Coward play for this company, having played Amanda Prynne in Private Lives in 2023, and Liz Essendine in Present Laughter in 2019.
ABOUT Claire Louise Amias
Claire trained at RADA and Bretton Hall.
On stage she has played Mags in Handbagged, Sheila in Relatively Speaking, and Lynette/Edna/Arabella in the Damsels in Distress trilogy by Alan Ayckbourn, all at the Theatre Royal Windsor and on tour, plus Liz Essendine in Present Laughter, Clarissa in Spider's Web and Maggie in Hobson's Choice at Chesterfield Pomegranate, and most recently Amanda in Private Lives and Veronique in God of Carnage at Sidmouth Summer Rep – all for producer Paul Taylor-Mills. She also played Vivianne in the critically acclaimed Women of Twilight at the Pleasance and White Bear theatres.
Other work includes Child Z (Southwark Playhouse), Blind Eye (Theatre 503), I’m Dreaming But Am I? (Finborough Theatre) and No 1 Tours of Drop The Dead Donkey: The Reawakening (Simon Friend / Hat Trick), Handbagged (Eleanor Lloyd Productions) and Funny Peculiar (Bill Kenwright Ltd).
She wrote and played the title role in The Masks of Aphra Behn, playing her again in her follow-up play Oranges & Ink. Both plays gained numerous 4-star reviews and had West End runs; both were nominated for Off West End ‘OnComm’ Awards.
A Monkey With Cymbals.
She’s also done audio work for HarperCollins, WF Howes and Big Finish Productions.
Screen work includes main supporting roles in numerous feature films, among them The Last Twitch, Borley Rectory, Provoked, Telling Lies and The Magic Hour. Her TV credits include guest lead in Rosamunde Pilcher (ZDF) and Tomorrow’s Times (BBC).
Claire writes and performs in plays with the theatre company,
A Monkey With Cymbals. To find out more please visit this website:
Reviews
West End Best FrienD
Haunted Shadows
"At the centre of the production is the impressive Amias, who brings each character to life brilliantly – the entire production rests on her ability to switch between roles with ease, and she doesn’t just perform, she shapeshifts. Every flicker of emotion, every shift in tone, every movement feels like a new character coming to life before your eyes. It’s a dazzling display of versatility, proving just how much storytelling magic one person can create.’.
Review: HAUNTED SHADOWS, White Bear Theatre | West End Best Friend
London theatre 1
Haunted Shadows
‘With the thrilling Haunted Shadows, the engaging Claire Louise Amias makes a convincing case for Edith Nesbit as the female master of the genre.’
the Reviews hub
Haunted Shadows
‘Claire Louise Amias plays [Edith] Nesbit, brilliantly mixing narrative verve with an undertow of dread and crawling malice‘
Haunted Shadows: The Gothic Tales of Edith Nesbitt – White Bear Theatre, London - The Reviews Hub
Once a Week theatre
Haunted Shadows
‘Good old-fashioned story-telling is the key to the success of this entertaining one-woman show … Amias’ narration is superb.’
“Haunted Shadows” at the Old Red Lion Theatre - Theatre reviews by Edward Lukes
ROLEPLAY by Alan Ayckbourn
Performed at Theatre Royal Windsor and on Tour:
" If you ever want to see a great comedy drunk on stage, then watch Claire Louise Amias, as Justin’s Mother, Arabella; this is as good as it gets. Splayed limbs and head wobbling continually, this is sublime comedy acting."
PRIVATE LIVES by Noel Coward
Performed as part of the Paul Taylor-Mills Rep Season:
"Claire Amias appears to have played the role of Amanda many times – though that is not the case – so perfectly does she inhabit the role; the silvery laugh, the coquettish turn of the head, the look that kills – she is utterly joyful to watch."
PRIVATE LIVES - Manor Pavilion Theatre, Sidmouth - Theatre Plays
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