About Lucy Watson
Early Days
Lucy Watson began her creative life as an actor, attending drama school from a young age. She was involved in local theatre through her early teens, and attended Caulfield Grammar for their acclaimed drama programme, starring in many productions including Away, A Midsummer Nights Dream, The Golden Age and Noises Off, and winning the school drama prize.
University, Sketch Comedy and other Early Media Pursuits.
After leaving school Lucy studied History, English & Cultural Studies at Melbourne University, and got heavily involved in theatre and comedy. She was a member of 3 comedy revue casts - Red, Hot & Yoda in 1997, Prankstars in 2001 (with Lawrence Leung, Andrew Mccllelland, Yianni Agisilaou & Nick Caddaye), and Guerilla Comediocre, which was performed as a part of the 2001 Melbourne International Comedy Festival (MICF), and was directed by Chris Kennett.
She continued to dabble in university theatre, and was cast in Top Girls, Much Ado About Nothing and Arcadia between 1998 and 2000. She also began a foray into print journalism, working for The Age Gig Guide, and writing articles about various Melbourne music scenes.
In 2002 Lucy directed and produced her first comedy show in the MICF, Victimless Rhymz. It had an amazing cast, many of whom are successful performers today: Emma Hamilton, Gil Brener, Tom Peterson, Ryan Coffey, Justin Edbrooke & Tim Constantine. The show was a great success, and the cast went on to work together again the following festival.
In that same year Lucy was cast in the RMITV show Dawn's Crack, which aired on CH31. She was a comedic double act with good friend Georgia Ferme. At the time it was the highest rating Ch31 programme, and also starred Emma Race, Thomas Caldwell and Bryce Ives, and was produced by Shona Devlin.
A few months after the two shows wound up, Lucy took the plunge and pursued a lifelong dream of going to the UK and seeing lots of castles. After a year of travelling around England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales and Europe, and living in London and up in the Scottish Highlands, Lucy came back to Melbourne and indulged her mother, by going back to Uni to finish her degree.
Festivals, Fringe, Nuclear Pussy & Hello Tiger.
While there she got involved in more MICF shows: Rockin' in 2004, which also starred Tess Hildebrand & Kirsty Joosten, who are both members of award winning Melbourne Band Surrogate Turnip. The show saw the birth of faux Norwegian pop group Nuclear Pussy, who were a suprise underground hit, with all original songs produced by Ben Loveridge.
Later that year she co-wrote (with Nick Caddaye) a play called Dreamweavers, which she produced and performed in the Melbourne Fringe Festival.
The following year (2005) Lucy turned the volume up to the proverbial 11, and put together The Vinyl Countdown, a show which incorporated a rock gig with a sketch comedy show. It utilised the talents of Melbourne rockers Megan Sheehy and Ali Edmonds (of Little Athletics), and performers Tom Peterson, Peter Paltos, Andrew Macdonald and Ben Delahunty. The show was was directed by Nick Caddaye, and was a great success, with sell-out crowds. This show also saw the birth of Hello Tiger Productions.
Back in the UK.
However, Lucy's feet were itching again, and she moved back to the UK later in 2005. She completed her degree at Edinburgh University, and moved down to London to pursue a career in TV. She worked as a Runner for a The Edge Picture Company, and then Office Manager at a Rapid Pictures, before a brief stint as an Executive Assistant at a Raw TV.
During that time Lucy assembled two different sketch groups - the Stingray Retribution, and the B Team, and put on a successful show in the Camden Fringe, Lucy & Macca in Lost Youth, with her musician mate Andrew Macdonald.
She also hosted her own radio show, Oz & Them on Resonance FM, interviewing Wolfmother (the night before they won their Grammy) and many other artists.
She then turned her hand to penning, producing and performing a solo show which utilised her many years of studying medieval history. It was called the Robin Hood Investigation, and was performed at the Roxy in London, before runs in the Adelaide Fringe and MICF. She then reprised the show at the Hen & Chickens in London. A DVD of this show is currently in production.
At the end of last year Lucy's career took an unexpected turn, when she took a job at internet marketing company Distilled, where (by day) she works as the Web Design Account Manager.
By night Lucy can often be found doing stand-up around London, watching her boyfriend (Chris Amblin)'s band Nedry playing gigs, or just out drinking with mates.
She is always on the look out for more talented people to work with.