LYDIA DAVIDSON

Lydia does most of the day to day running of Fearless Players. Which means she does the boring admin bit. If you email us she will be the one who sends you a prompt (If we write it here she has to do it) reply.

Lydia Davidson is a Geordie Actor, Writer, Director and Lecturer. In 2018 she debuted her one woman show 'Confessions of a Child Star' at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Which led onto her flying out to South Korea where she worked with English Musicals Korea developing new musicals. She most recently co-wrote Fun Fest and Treasure Island which open in Paju, South Korea this summer.

Theatre Credits Include: Rhona McCormick in ‘Atlantic: A Scottish Story’. Atlantic won a Herald Angel award and was shortlisted for Musical Theatre Reviews, Best New Musical Award. She played Jack’s Mother in ‘Into the Woods’ at Assembly Hall Edinburgh 2017. Musical of the Year (Elokay Productions); Jack and the Beanstalk (Hurricane Productions); Rent (JamesArts Productions); The Tailor Made Man Musical Workshop (The Arts Theatre), Josie’s Dragonfly Variety Show (Newcastle Theatre Royal)

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Lydia is currently working as artist in residence with The Gaiety and working on two new shows with Fearless Players.

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SHONAGH MURRAY

Shonagh co-founded Fearless Players. A proud scot she hosts Burns' supper every year!

Shonagh is a composer, musical director and a singing teacher. She first studied at the University of Strathclyde specialising in singing before going onto gain her PGDE in Secondary Education at University of Edinburgh and MA in Musical Directing at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Dividing her time between London and Glasgow, Shonagh has worked as a singing teacher and MD at London College of Music and as writer/composer of Armour: A Herstory of the Scottish Bard & Burns: A Lost Legacy.

Shonagh’s greatest love is a Gregg’s pie and currently she’s working on a new show, a Scottish myth re-imagined! 

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