Acting Teacher
LUCY BETH
Lucy Beth (she/her/hers) is an award-winning emerging performer, theatre-maker and lecturer from Inverurie, Aberdeenshire. In 2023, she graduated with Distinction from the University of Glasgow's MLitt Theatre and Performance Practices course after being awarded a PGT Excellence Scholarship by the university.
As a performer, in 2024, Lucy was nominated for the Artist of the Year Award at the Scottish Emerging Theatre Awards.
Lucy has worked on various stage, screen, and audio projects. Notably, she played Blanca in Ten Feet Tall's production of "Guilty" by Rona Munro at Granite Noir Festival. She has also starred in TMM Recruitment’s Christmas Advert, “Scary Tale of New Work,” and as the Fairy Godmother in Talegate Theatre’s production of “Dick Whittington.”
Beyond conventional performing, part of Lucy's practice concerns dialect preservation. She speaks Doric and seeks to create and perform works in Doric as a means of continuing to render the dialect present.
Lucy was a finalist in I Am Loud's Slam Poetry Competition in Aberdeen in June 2025.
In 2024, she won the Best Newcomer Award at The Doric Film Festival. Her four star rated, solo theatre show, “Ma Name Is Isabelle,” was commissioned by Eden Court Theatre and Tobar an Dualchais / Kist O Riches for the Scrieve Project as part of the 2024 Under Canvas Festival and received critical acclaim at the 2025 Edinburgh Fringe when it was performed at the Scottish Storytelling Centre.
Lucy is also a drama lecturer who works in various educational settings, teaching students of different ages and backgrounds. She frequently guest lectures in colleges. Lucy also leads youth theatre classes and offers private tuition. Additionally, she serves as the resident drama tutor at The Gaitherin. Lucy has experience teaching in additional support needs, enhanced provision, and nurture settings. She has also taught at the International British Theatre School and led drama classes to home-educated young people.
Prior to her postgraduate studies, Lucy was a visiting drama lecturer at North East Scotland College, where she was nominated for the Lecturer of the Year Award. In that role, she served as the course leader for both the first-year Higher National Diploma in Acting and Performance and the National Progression Award in Technical Theatre.