17/06/2026
Next up, it's Claudia Elbourne as Susan (and ensemble)!
We asked Claudia what their first thoughts on reading the script were, and we were not disappointed: "'This is utterly insane and so awesome lemme at it' also 'I want to play a triffid'".
Claudia Elbourne is a passionate multidisciplinary artist working as an actor, director, educator and producer. They love scripts that make you go 'how in the world are we going to pull that off?' and care deeply about building community and creating work that asks tough questions without giving easy answers.
Some of their acting credits include: Juliet in 'Romeo & Juliet', Susannah in the feature film 'Venus & Adonis' and Tiresias in 'Antigone' (dir. Damien Ryan). They played Maya in a sold-out season of 'Snowflake' by Mike Bartlet at the Old Fitz Theatre (dir. Jo Bradley), which will be remounted at the Ensemble Theatre later this year, and originated the role of Mel in 'She Threaded Dangerously' by Emma Wright and Simon Thomson. They have been extensively involved in Sport for Jove’s education work, playing Abigail Williams in 'The Crucible', Miranda in 'The Tempest', Hero in 'Much Ado About Nothing' and Emilia & Bianca in 'Othello' for their symposium series, and this year played Helena and Snug the Joiner in their production of 'A Midsummer Night’s Dream' (dir. Miranda Middleton).
"... I'm excited to get into the detailing and choreography of it all, as well as just the exciting challenge of differentiating so many characters, and of course, finding ways to tell a story that is in so many ways about the loss of sight, through a fairly visual medium of story-telling. It is a play all about creative choices and being really wildly imaginative in our problem-solving, so it is going to be an exciting, unpredictable process!"
https://shorturl.at/HXbwI
The Day of the Triffids🪴
By John Wyndham
Realised by J. James-Moody
New Theatre | Jun 30 - 25 Jul
