Lucy is an award winning composer, performer, writer and lyricist, and co-founder of Gig-theatre company Gagglebabble.
She is passionate about making exciting, bold, collaborative and inclusive work…
Lucy is also a regular tutor with Hijinx Academy (acting training for learning disabled and/or autistic actors) and Drama Foundation groups. She is currently working towards a new musical with inclusive drag performance troupe House of Deviants, after helping make their show UNTIED for Unity festival 2024. Lucy also plays with a number of musicians and bands and has her own original music project with Lucy Rivers and the Waders.
Performing credits include:
SEVERN BBC Radio 4, MADAM DEFICIT Kitsch n Sinc collective (Appetite and festivals), SONGS FROM ACROSS THE SUENIVERSE Daf James and Ben Lewis (Sherman and NTW), SPIRIT OF NIMBA Chapter/Festivals, DEAD DOG IN A SUITCASE Kneehigh UK and International tour 2016 and 2019, MY NAME IS SUE Daf James and Ben Lewis, THE VILLAGE SOCIAL National Theatre Wales, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM and THE GRAPES OF WRATH Theatre Clwyd, IMMORTAL NoFitstate, JOURNEY TO THE RIVERSEA Unicorn Theatre, THE OTHER WOMAN Arcola Theatre, THE BORROWERS, BABE THE SHEEP PIG, JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH Sherman Theatre.
AWARDS:
Current OFFIE 2024 nominee for Best music on the production TIDY. Sinners Club; Winner of Best Sound/music at Wales Theatre Awards 2018. The Bloody Ballad; Winner of Best Musical and Best Music at the Musical Theatre Network Awards, Brighton Fringe Emerging Talent Award, Best Music and Best Ensemble at the Theatre Critics of Wales Awards 2014. Argus Angel award for Artistic Excellence from Brighton Fringe 2014.
Writing, composing and performing credits include:
TIDY Theatre Iolo/Polka, GIN CRAZE! Royal and Derngate/ETT/China Plate, BORDERLANDS Gagglebabble/Pentabus, DOUBLE VISION Gagglebabble/Festival of Voice, SINNERS CLUB Gagglebabble/The Other Room/Theatr Clwyd (plus Soho Theatre), WONDERMAN Gagglebabble/National Theatre Wales/Wales Millennium Centre (Edinburgh Fringe and Cardiff), THE BLOODY BALLAD Gagglebabble/Theatr Iolo (Edinburgh, Soho and UK tour) and THE FORSYTHE SISTERS Gagglebabble /Chapter. THE DEVIL’S VIOLIN for BBC Radio 4 and LITTLE SURE SHOT for The Egg Bath/Leeds Playhouse. She is currently developing new projects with support from Bristol Old Vic and Shoreditch Town Hall.
Other composing credits include:
TALES OF THE BROTHERS GRIMM (Christmas 2022), ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE, A CHRISTMAS CAROL Sherman Theatre, MOLD RIOTS Theatre Clwyd, KITE The Wrong Crowd, ALICE IN WONDERLAND Sherman Theatre, THE BEAR Pins and Needles (National Tour Pins and Needles) FATHER CHRISTMAS (Lyric Hammersmith and Pins and Needles), SLEEPING BEAUTIES, THE HAPPY PRINCE, THE SELFISH GIANT, THE DEVOTED FRIEND Sherman Theatre, Y STORM Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru, GRIMM TALES Theatr Iolo, FINDING MR AVERAGE Channel 4, THE ARDEN OF FAVERSHAM, WIDE SARGASSO SEA, SEVEN SONGS FOR SIMON DIXELIUS and FLOOR 13 for BBC Radio 4.
Represented by Casarotto Ramsay & Associates
Playwright and Composer
Kirsten Foster kirsten@casarotto.co.uk
Assistant – Suzanna Swanson-Johnston suzanna@casarotto.co.uk
