Lucy Beth

Lucy Beth (she/her/hers) is an award-nominated emerging performer, theatre-maker and teacher from Inverurie, Aberdeenshire. In 2023, she graduated with Distinction from the University of Glasgow's MLitt Theatre and Performance Practices course after being awarded a PGT Excellence Scholarship by the university. 

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As a performer, in 2024, Lucy was nominated for the Artist of the Year Award at the Scottish Emerging Theatre Awards.

Lucy has worked on various stage, screen, and audio projects. Notably, she appeared in TMM Recruitment’s Christmas Advert, “Scary Tale of New Work,” and Talegate Theatre’s production of “Dick Whittington.”

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Beyond conventional performing, part of Lucy's practice concerns dialect preservation. She speaks Doric and seeks to create and perform works in Doric as a means of continuing to render the dialect present. In 2024, she won the Best Newcomer Award at The Doric Film Festival. Her solo theatre show, “Ma Name Is Isabelle,” was commissioned by Eden Court Theatre and Tobar an Dualchais / Kist O Riches for the Scrieve Project as part of the 2024 Under Canvas Festival.

 

Lucy is also a drama teacher who works in various educational settings, teaching students of different ages and backgrounds. She frequently guest lectures at colleges and leads youth theatre classes. Additionally, she serves as the resident drama tutor at The Gaitherin. Lucy has experience teaching in additional support needs, enhanced provision, and nurture settings, and she has also taught at the International British Theatre School.

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Prior to her postgraduate studies, Lucy was a visiting drama lecturer at North East Scotland College, where she was nominated for the Lecturer of the Year Award. In that role, she served as the course leader for both the first-year Higher National Diploma in Acting and Performance and the National Progression Award in Technical Theatre.

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Lucy is an Equity member, and her Spotlight Pin is - 8179 - 9052 - 3455.