Claire Bonass

Musician, Actor, Beekeeper, Visual Merchandiser

claire@clairebonass.com

claire@clairebonass.com

Musician

I am an active musician for last thirty years performing as a Singer, guitar player and writer. I have performed and recorded on albums based in America Europe and Ireland with artists such as Rodrigo y Gabriela Olympia theater, Deacon Blue Vicar Street, Music composer Brian Byrne National Concert hall Swinging with The Beatles, Ronan O’Snodaigh The Playdays album and tour. Vincent Cross – The Life & Times of James ‘The Rooster’ Corcoran album recorded in the USA. I am currently working on an EP of original songs for release 2023-2024.

Actor

I graduated with honors in 2011 as a fully qualified actor from The Liberty’s college Dublin. My first professional audition led to me performing in the National Theatre of Ireland.

Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw with director Annabelle Comyn.
The Abbey theater 2011

Awards

I had a career break for some years to focus on raising my young son and in 2013 I went back to college to study Design graduating with a Degree in Visual Merchandising in 2017 with first class honors.

I was awarded the IDI graduate design award for Exhibition Design/Visual Merchandising for my final year project.  I was also awarded the DIT Graduation Show Best installation 2017.

The following year I was a finalist in the
Dublin Enterprise Awards 2018.

Visual Merchandiser

I worked as a freelance Visual Merchandiser in the area of retail and field Visual Merchandising with a number of clients around the Dublin area and ran my own business. I then took up a position as a color and product adviser in a paint company until this year 2023.

I now work part time to focus on my EP music project with view to release in 2023-2024.

Beekeeper?

Yes! I began my training ten years ago I’ve always had a strong interest in this hobby, I say hobby as I am not a professional Beekeeper its really a fascinating interest that links in with my personal need to contribute to the environment in a positive way. This year I hosted a Beehive/bait hive with a conservation project run by Open Hive and I can happily say I caught a swarm that has now been rehomed.