Get to know the judges - CLARE FOSTER joins the judging panel at SSSSPOTY 2025

Craig Glenday
May 21
2 min read

Clare Foster, who joins the judging panel of the 2025 Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Year competition

Clare Foster, who joins the judging panel at SSSSPOTY 2025, is best-known to Sondheim fans for her heart-wrenching portrayal of Beth in Maria Friedman's five-star production of Merrily We Roll Along at the Menier Chocolate Factory and Harold Pinter Theatre.

Clare trained at Masters Performing Arts College and theatre credits include: The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button (Ambassadors Theatre, Olivier nomination for Best Actress in a Musical); Best of Enemies (Young Vic/ Noel Coward Theatre); The Realistic Joneses (Ustinov, Theatre Royal Bath); Consent (Harold Pinter Theatre); Travesties (Menier Chocolate Factory/ Apollo Theatre, Olivier nomination for Best Supporting Actress in a Play); Guys and Dolls (Chichester Festival Theatre); Separation and Duet for One (Octagon Theatre, Manchester Theatre Award for Best Actress); Merrily We Roll Along (Menier Chocolate Factory/ Harold Pinter Theatre); Finding Neverland (Curve); Crazy For You (Regents Park Open Air Theatre/ Novello Theatre, WOS nomination for Best Actress in a Musical); Oleanna (Nottingham Lake Side Theatre); Love on the Dole and A Streetcar named Desire (Octagon Theatre, Manchester Theatre Award nomination for Best Actress); Avenue Q (Noel Coward Theatre; Olivier award nomination for Best Ensemble), The Far Pavilions (Shaftesbury Theatre); Out of This World and The Master and Margarita (Chichester Festival Theatre); We Will Rock You (Dominion Theatre); Sweet Charity (Crucible Theatre), Chicago (UK Tour).

Film Credits: Heads of State (Amazon); Seacole (Racing Green Pictures); Holmes & Watson (Sony); Les Misérables (Universal/ Working Title); Black Forest (Sci-Fi Channel)

Television Credits: Miss Austen (BBC and Masterpiece); Until I Kill You (ITV); Nolly (ITV); The Ex-Wife (Paramount Plus); Dark Heart (ITV); Sherlock (BBC); Taboo (FX); Galavant (ABC Studios); Ripper Street (BBC); The Crown (Netflix).