Director/Performer
An Orange in the Subway by Owen Thomas, directed by Lydia Kenny
4-7 March 2021 on VAULT Video Club!
An immersive 360 degree video from our run at VAULT 2020.
Tickets here: bit.ly/3qgCLCK
Previous runs of An Orange in the Subway
VAULT Festival 2020, 25th February - 1st March 2020. Nominated for 'Best Origins' award for week 5.
Rehearsed Reading at Wales Millennium Centre, September 2019
The Other Room, Young Artists Festival, April 2019
Hoping for Butterflies by Lydia Kenny
Writer/Director/Co-Producer
Theatrephonic. January 2021
On Air! Directed by Su Colverd
Actor-Musician
Curious Move Theatre, tour of 35 private gardens, Cheltenham Playhouse, Chapel Arts, Stroud Theatre Festival
July-October 2020
Bacchus Reborn by Emmeline Braefield
Playing Michaela
Theatrephonic. October 2020
Murder in Mind by Emmeline Braefield
Playing Isabella Radcliffe
Theatrephonic. September 2020
Sleepy Hollow. Musical Director: Lucas Bailey.
Musician (violin)
Cheltenham Everyman/ Rococo Gardens. August 2020
Vasilisa R&D with Curious Move
July 2020, composer
Live on the Drive! A 10 week concert series for the local street during the 2020 summer lockdown.
April - June 2020
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess. Directed by Srishti Chakrabourghty
Assistant Director, Movement Director. Nominated for Best Individual Contributor to the Arts, UCL 2019/2020
Bloomsbury Theatre, 5th-7th March 2020. Winner Best Bloomsbury Production 2019/2020
When the Rain Stops Falling Directed by Fi Ross
Musician
Red Dog Theatre Company, South West Tour. September-October 2019
The Tempest Directed by Kate Raw
Miranda/Musician/Spirit
Stroud Shakespeare Festival, The Dell RSC. June/August 2019
Scarlett Pimpernel Directed by Kirstie Davis
Actor-Musician (violin, saxophones and percussion)
Cheltenham Everyman. July 2019
Wanker Magic by Paul Stoyle
Director
Rehearsed Reading, The Other Room. April 2019
Shoulder to Shoulder Directed by Fi Ross
Actor-Musician (violin)
Croome Court. May 2018
Gloucestershire Symphony Orchestra Children’s Concert Series: Red Riding Hood, Three Little Pigs, Lieutenant Kijé
Director, narrator and soloist
Stroud Subrooms, Cheltenham Town Hall, 2017-2018 concert season
Robinson Directed by Mathilde Lopez
Book Clubber
Give It a Name Theatre, Chapter Arts. May 2019
School of Music: Live! Devised by the company
Head Girl
Cheltenham Music and Literature Festivals, St. Georges, Bristol, Bath Children’s Literature Festival, Barnes Children’s Literature Festival
2017-2019
Journey of Trilice RWCMD
Luz, 2017
What I Go to School For-The Busted Musical. Directed by Steven Dexter
Ensemble
Brighton Theatre Royal YMTUK 2017
Macbeth Directed by Stuart Harvey
Actor-Musician and ensemble
Edinburgh Fringe Festival YMTUK 2016
Harvest Fire. Directed by Lewis Barfoot
Dancer
Aberdeen International Youth Festival YMTUK 2015
Lydia trained with the Young Actor's Studio at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama.
She studied singing (Estill Method) with Tim Richards.
Stage Combat: Academy of Performance Combat (APC)
Advanced: Unarmed, Knife (Rec), Axe, Rapier and Cloak, Broadsword and Axe, Broadsword and Shield.
Lydia is a member of the MC_Combat Fight team
Dance
Lydia holds Distinctions in RAD Intermediate Ballet, RAD Grade 8 Ballet and ISTD Intermediate Tap.
She was on the National Youth Dance Wales Step Up programme 2017/18 for ballet and contemporary dance with Kerry Nicholls. She was a South West Young Choreographer 2018.
Other skills
British Sign Language Level 1 2019
TEFL 120 hour Premier Course
