LJ Parkinson explained

Lucy Jane Parkinson or LJ Parkinson[1] is a British actor and drag king better known by the stage name LoUis CYfer.

Education

Parkinson studied performing arts at Rotherham College of Arts and Technology in South Yorkshire and contemporary theatre and performance at Manchester Metropolitan University before gaining an MA in contemporary performance making[2] at Brunel University London.[3]

Career

Parkinson played the central character Joan of Arc and all the other, male, characters in Joan, written and directed by Leo Skillbeck for the Milk Presents company.[4] Performances included Camden People's Theatre in 2015,[5] the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2016 (winning a Scotsman Fringe First award[6] and The Stage award[7]) and 2017,[8] [9] the Oval House Theatre, Brixton, in 2017[10] and Spazju Kreattiv in Malta in 2018.[11]

In 2017 they were one of the cast of four in Milk Presents' production Bullish, a retelling of the myth of the minotaur, at Camden People's Theatre.[12]

In Summer 2018 they played D'Artagnan in The Dukes' promenade production of The Three Musketeers, adapted by Hattie Naylor from Alexandre Dumas' novel, in Williamson Park, Lancaster. In this version D'Artagnan was a young woman aspiring to become a musketeer.[13] [14]

In 2019 Parkinson toured the UK as the lead role of Fiona/Adrian in the Olivier winning production of Rotterdam. The play follows a couple Alice and Fiona at the point in their relationship when Fiona reveals he has always identified as a male and now wants to start living as a man called Adrian.[15] [16]

Parkinson has since played a sellout run as Mrs Bedlam and Squire Wouldbe with The Young Vic Theatre as part of the Young Vic Unpacked season in She Ventures and He Wins.[17]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: LJ Parkinson . The Production Exchange . 9 April 2021 . en . 9 April 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210409073652/https://www.theproductionexchange.com/lucy-jane-parkinson.html . dead .
  2. Web site: Contemporary Performance Making MA . Brunel University London . 26 July 2018 . 26 July 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180726170208/http://www.brunel.ac.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/471453/Contemporary-Performance-Making-MA.pdf . dead .
  3. Web site: Taylor . Amie . Interview: Lucy Jane Parkinson . The LGBTQ Arts Review . 26 July 2018 . 28 April 2017.
  4. Web site: Joan: Production pack . Milk Presents . 26 July 2018.
  5. News: Gardner . Lyn . Joan review – magical transformations of a heretical heroine . 26 July 2018 . The Guardian . 9 October 2015.
  6. News: Final Fringe First 2016 winners announced . 26 July 2018 . The Scotsman . 26 August 2016.
  7. News: Hemley . Matthew . The Stage Edinburgh Awards 2016 anoints third set of winners . 26 July 2018 . The Stage . 22 August 2016.
  8. News: 14 returning Edinburgh Festival shows that are must-sees . 26 July 2018 . The Scotsman . 5 August 2017.
  9. News: Diamond . Judy . Joan . 26 July 2018 . Edinburgh Festivals Magazine . 24 August 2017 . 26 July 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180726170228/http://www.edfestmag.com/reviews/joan-2/ . dead .
  10. News: Mustarde . Danielle . Talking drag with Lucy Jane Parkinson . 26 July 2018 . Diva . 19 April 2017 . 26 July 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180726201619/http://www.divamag.co.uk/Diva-Magazine/Culture/Talking-drag-with-Lucy-Jane-Parkinson/ . dead .
  11. News: Camilleri . Jes . To be or not to be... a man . 26 July 2018 . Times of Malta . 24 June 2018.
  12. News: Gardner . Lyn . Bullish review – gold horns and glitter beards in minotaur cabaret . 26 July 2018 . The Guardian . 19 September 2017.
  13. News: Bartlett . Chris . The Three Musketeers review at Williamson Park, Lancaster – 'slick and inclusive open-air theatre' . 1 October 2023 . The Stage . 24 July 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180726071914/https://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/2018/three-musketeers-review-williamson-park-lancaster/. 26 July 2018 .
  14. News: Brennan . Clare . The Three Musketeers review - a joyful twist on the classic swashbuckler . 26 July 2018 . The Observer . 22 July 2018.
  15. News: Hutchinson . Charles . How theatre is transitioning in Jon Brittain's Rotterdam . 9 April 2021 . York Press . 9 April 2019 . en.
  16. News: Jupp . Emily . Drag King Lucy Jane Parkinson / LoUis CYfer on starring in Jon Brittain's Rotterdam: 'We have removed the shackles from defining what is an entertaining narrative' . 9 April 2021 . Visionary Arts Organisation . 25 February 2019.
  17. Web site: She Ventures and He Wins . Young Vic website . 9 April 2021 . en.

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