Lucy Watson

Lucy’s writing is driven by a desire to get audiences thinking about the world in a new way, crafting narrative situations that challenge our ideas of nation, identity and belonging.  Deeply inspired by the function of theatre as transport into other worlds, Lucy’s writing explores the magical, theatrical and multi-sensory aspects of storytelling.

The training at BOVTS has offered her a valuable chance to explore the functions and mechanisms of musical theatre, using this heightened, playful, and often self-reflexive framework to probe how the pursuit of utopian dreams might lead to a dystopian nightmare.  Fascinated by the dialogic integration of story, music, language, dance and spectacle, Lucy’s work is highly collaborative. Over the course of this year, she has begun to explore the transferable aspects of these skills into other interactive grand narratives, such as video games.

Based in Wiltshire, she graduated with an MA in English Literature from Edinburgh University, where she wrote, directed and produced numerous plays for the Edinburgh Fringe.  Her play on Modern Art won her a place on the Dramaturg programme at the American Repertory Theatre.  She plays in a band, runs drama workshops for young people and supports young musicians in finding tuition and playing in bands.