ACTING

The Diary of Anne Frank

2017

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"The best thing about the production, however, is Lucy Davidson as Anne."

"...chirpy-as-a-chipmunk Lucy Davidson was perfect for the role... around her smoothly hypnotic performance, the cast gave sturdy support."

The portrayal of Anne by Lucy Davidson, in particular, is wonderful: a vibrant whirlwind of energy in this tragic story.

"She may have been a talented writer, but she is also wilful, capricious, prone to mood swings, irritating, thoroughly good-hearted, and boundlessly optimistic and resilient. Davidson epitomises all of this and more besides."

This is a tremendously difficult role to bring to life and Davidson rose to the challenge beautifully.

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The Hothouse

2015

It’s all revealed with a horribly dry wit. A back-and-forth exchange that sees Davidson, stuttering and obvious in her bald wig... Theatre Paradok’s cross-gender casting adds an extra layer by making Roote’s sex crime even more certain.

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The Pirates of Penzance

2016

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In true Gilbert and Sullivan style, The Pirates of Penzance comprised charismatic performances, flamboyancy and immaculate enunciation, thereby executing a wonderful night of theatre.

Indeed, the whole – rather regretful – comedy of the pirates and their relationship with Frederic’s unfortunate nursemaid, Ruth, is excellently handled. Lucy Davidson steps out to explain, with real clarity, how she misheard Frederic’s father and placed him with pirates not pilots.

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Orlando

2016

"A standout performance came, of course, from Lucy Davidson as the Writer."

"Davidson as the Writer showed wit, sarcasm, amusing self-awareness of her own modernism, and the deep attachment that all writers come to develop for their characters."

"It is all overseen by the alert and bright-eyed, Lucy Davidson as the Writer... She narrates the whole piece, pacing the playing area as necessary and adding extra characters by way of a skull or a touch, at the right moment."

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"Both Davidson and Van de Wal have just the right level of hyper-reality to them"

"An epic, feminist protest song... the chorus is the soul of the show. "

The Suppliant Women

2016

"And what marks out the boldness of this production is the casting as chorus and protagonist of 30 young volunteer women from all over Edinburgh, members of the city community."

"...a chorus who drive the narrative forward and create an extraordinary theatrical event that echoes down the ages to find striking and poignant resonance today."

Other Acting Credits Include:

Lady Capulet: Romeo and Juliet, The Edinburgh University Shakespeare Society

Actor/Dancer: Bare Threads, Theatre Paradok Fringe Show
Office worker: Blackbird, The Edinburgh University Theatre Company

Virginia Woolf: Orlando, Some Kind Of Theatre
Anne Frank: The Diary of Anne Frank, The Edinburgh University Theatre Company
Doctor: The Effect, The Edinburgh University Theatre Company

Citizen/Soldier: Coriolanus, The Edinburgh University Theatre Company
Chorus member: Jekyll and Hyde, The Edinburgh University Savoy Opera Group

Peggy: The Ghost Train, White Chapel Productions

Animator: Shadows of the Aæsir, The Edinburgh University Theatre Company

Verbatim Actor: Lost Voices, The Edinburgh University Theatre Company
Suppliant Woman: The Suppliant Women, The Royal Lyceum Theatre
Ruth: The Pirates of Penzance, The Edinburgh University Savoy Opera Group

ROOTE: The Hothouse, Theatre Paradok

Marissa: Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime, The Edinburgh University Theatre Company