52 min
Lucy Tops I Hope I Get It
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- Performing Arts
This week Tarryn chats to South African Singer and Actress Lucy Tops.
After leaving the Waterfront Theatre School Lucy began her performing career at a Hilton Hotel in China. Thereafter she came home to work for The Barnyard Theatre in tribute shows such as Dancing Queen, Hollywood Rocks and Glory Days. She has also worked with the Mike McCully Band and still performs regularly with them in the group Mike & the Harmonix. Lucy joined forces with FollowSpot Productions where she co-wrote and starred in her one woman show Absolucy directed by Alex Tops which successfully debuted at the Grahamstown National Arts Festival. She has also performed in a variety of FollowSpot’s popular shows such as Big Girls, Face The Music and Another Day. Lucy performed in Soul Classics’ Black Ties & Friends at the Baxter Theatre, the Fugard Theatre’s The Rocky Horror Show, a tribute show Stealing The Show: Bette Midler, Ganarama’s Back To School Boogie at the Artscape Theatre and the musical romance Bar None, as well as Bon Soir . For the role of Betty in Bar None, she was nominated for a Fleur du Cap Best Performance by an Actress in a Musical or Music Theatre Show. Highlights include performing in the Fugard Theatre’s Funny Girl where Lucy was the alternate lead, Fanny Brice, a role made famous by Barbara Streisand. She then played the role of Nurse in the play Shakespeare In Love, as well as Laura in Significant Other. The last musical Lucy performed in before the pandemic hit was the award winning ‘Kinky Boots’ and a duo cabaret style show with Cat Simoni, Cat and Lucy : When Divas Collide.
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This week Tarryn chats to South African Singer and Actress Lucy Tops.
After leaving the Waterfront Theatre School Lucy began her performing career at a Hilton Hotel in China. Thereafter she came home to work for The Barnyard Theatre in tribute shows such as Dancing Queen, Hollywood Rocks and Glory Days. She has also worked with the Mike McCully Band and still performs regularly with them in the group Mike & the Harmonix. Lucy joined forces with FollowSpot Productions where she co-wrote and starred in her one woman show Absolucy directed by Alex Tops which successfully debuted at the Grahamstown National Arts Festival. She has also performed in a variety of FollowSpot’s popular shows such as Big Girls, Face The Music and Another Day. Lucy performed in Soul Classics’ Black Ties & Friends at the Baxter Theatre, the Fugard Theatre’s The Rocky Horror Show, a tribute show Stealing The Show: Bette Midler, Ganarama’s Back To School Boogie at the Artscape Theatre and the musical romance Bar None, as well as Bon Soir . For the role of Betty in Bar None, she was nominated for a Fleur du Cap Best Performance by an Actress in a Musical or Music Theatre Show. Highlights include performing in the Fugard Theatre’s Funny Girl where Lucy was the alternate lead, Fanny Brice, a role made famous by Barbara Streisand. She then played the role of Nurse in the play Shakespeare In Love, as well as Laura in Significant Other. The last musical Lucy performed in before the pandemic hit was the award winning ‘Kinky Boots’ and a duo cabaret style show with Cat Simoni, Cat and Lucy : When Divas Collide.
This weeks episode is sponsored by Croftography-NYC Headshot & Lifestyle Photographer
@croftography (IG) croftographyonline.com
@HopeIGetItPod (Instagram)
52 min