copyright ©Clare McVey
Writer & theatre mum
Clare has had a career spanning newspaper journalism including being a columnist and feature writer; publishing, including setting up and running a series of local magazines; fiction writing with Curtis Brown Creative in London, as well as writing about the joy of exploring her local area, The Cotswolds (in the South West of England) on Substack.
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She has found her new calling in writing and publishing books about the performing arts as she has two sons who, after years of youth theatre/dance lessons, now want to go into the industry. When her eldest son started down this route, they discovered there were surprisingly few books on this subject and a lack of advice for both parents and students.
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​Clare and her MT family (McVey Thomas are the family surnames but also, of course, MT = musical theatre!) are fortunate to be based in the beautiful Regency town of Cheltenham which has a thriving arts scene with many excellent community theatre companies and as well as professional touring shows visiting the town's various venues.
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As for her boys, Archie is currently doing his degree in Dance & Musical Theatre at the prestigious Urdang, part of City, University of London; Harry is in 6th form, training at Stagedoor Learning, Cheltenham, on a two year BTEC extended diploma in Performing Arts. They can’t wait to be treading the boards in the West End or touring around the UK and beyond.
copyright ©Clare McVey