Chief Executive OfficerOld Fire Station
Clara is the CEO of the Old Fire Station, a centre for creativity in Oxford that shares a building and a deep partnership with homelessness charity, Crisis. She is an artistic producer, theatre-maker and facilitator whose career has taken place at the intersection of the arts and social justice. Her experience as a white South African growing up during apartheid in a profoundly unequal society motivates her determination to contribute to the dismantling of systemic prejudice and the amplification of under-represented voices, perspectives and identities. She is passionate about storytelling, connection, creativity and community. For nine years, Clara was the Head of the Market Theatre Laboratory in Johannesburg, a division of the world-famous Market Theatre. The Market Lab aims to nurture the development of young artists and create innovative new plays that express the lived realities and concerns of young South Africans.