Lydia Davidson

Lydia is a graduate of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance and Newcastle College. She is co-founder of theatre company, Fearless Players. 

A freelance Theatre-Maker and lecturer based in both Newcastle and Glasgow. I am currently working as Artist in Residence with The Gaiety Theatre in Ayr. I recently directed Filip Holackay's new musical 'Lost in Time'. With Fearless Players I wrote one woman show, 'Confessions of a Child Star' which has played in venues across Glasgow as well as the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2018. I also produced sell-out, 5 star show 'Armour: A Herstory of the Scottish Bard' (Edfringe 2018 and 2019) and 5 star show 'Burns: A Lost Legacy' (Edfringe 2019). I recently worked in South Korea with English Musicals Korea where I wrote Treasure Island and Fun Fest.

Theatre credits include: Armour: A Herstory of the Scottish Bard (Fearless Players); Burns: A Lost Legacy (Fearless Players); Atlantic: A Scottish Story (Noisemaker Productions); Into The Woods (Royal Conservatoire of Scotland); Robin Hood (English Musicals Korea); Anastasia (English Musicals Korea); Musical of the Year (Elokay Productions); Jack and the Beanstalk (Hurricane Productions); Rent (JamesArts Productions); The Tailor Made Man Musical Workshop (The Arts Theatre); The Witches of Eastwick, Honk!, Sunday in the Park with George,(Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance).

Other credits include: Josie’s Dragonfly Variety Show (Newcastle Theatre Royal); Silence, Music Video Trilogy (The New Victorians); Armour: A Herstory of the Scottish Bard, Original Soundtrack (Fearless Players); Robin Hood Original Soundtrack (EMK).

I am most proud of my role as 'John Lennon's Left Eyebrow' in the Olympic Games 2012 Closing Ceremony!