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Lucy McCormick is a performance artist and actress in films and stage productions. Her works are a mixture of multiple disciplines, such as performance art, theatre, dance and comedy. One of her most notable works is Thripple Thread for which she won the Best Performer Award at the Dublin Fringe Festival in 2017.[1]

Carreer[edit]

Solo shows[edit]

Tripple Thread[edit]

McCormick's debut was a show called Triple Thread. It's an hour-long performance directed by Ursula Martinez Together with two supporting dancers who she calls her Girl Squad, McCormick performed a retelling of the New Testament where she played most of the roles herself. It was made to be a spectacle with absurd art, dancers and pop songs. The show explores gender dynamics in society and how they are not only a disadvantage to women but also often violent to women.[2] The show started out as multiple separate cabaret acts she had performed at places like Duckie.[3] After her debut at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2016, she went on a UK and international tour. With Triple Threat She won the Best Performer Award at the Dublin Fringe Festival in 2017.[1]

Post-Popular[edit]

McCormick's second show is called Post-Popular. In this show, She pays tribute to important women in history. This show consists of pop ballads, art and dancing.[4]

Life: LIVE![edit]

In 2019, McCormick created her first music show called Life: LIVE! in which she talked about her earlier aspirations to be a pop star. The show discusses subjects such as false dreams and misogyny.[5]

Lucy and Friends[edit]

McCormick's last and current show is called Lucy and Friends (2021). The original show was supposed to be with five performers but because of COVID and not getting Arts Council funding, she decided to do it by herself. The show is built like a cabaret show with lots of acts but just one performer doing all of it by herself.[1]

Theatre productions[edit]

McCormick has an acting degree from East 15[1] and she has been part of the cast of several theatre productions[6] such as:

Films[edit]

McCormick also works as a screen actress. Films she has been involved with are Sparks, Fast and Furious: Hobbs & Shaw and Exhibition of a Film.[6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d "Lucy McCormick: 'I feel a responsibility to go too far'". The Stage.
  2. ^ Harvie, Jen (May 24, 2019). "Feminism, audience interaction, and performer authority 1". Staging Spectators in Immersive Performances. Routledge. pp. 141–151. doi:10.4324/9780429198274-12. ISBN 978-0-429-19827-4.
  3. ^ Logan, Brian (September 1, 2016). "Lucy McCormick, the fringe messiah making a cabaret of Christianity". The Guardian.
  4. ^ Wyver, Kate (August 5, 2019). "Lucy McCormick review – caustically candid comedy about history's famous women". The Guardian.
  5. ^ Patey-Ferguson, Phoebe (December 22, 2021). "Review: Life: LIVE!, by Lucy McCormick, Fierce Festival, Birmingham (UK), 19 October 2019". Volupté. 4 (2): 208–215 – via journals.gold.ac.uk.
  6. ^ a b "LUCY McCORMICK (she/her)". Royal Court.
  7. ^ "RSC announces casting for queer cowboy show Cowbois". August 31, 2023.
  8. ^ "Lucy McCormick and Ash Hunter discuss starring in Emma Rice's Wuthering Heights". November 5, 2021.