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Lucy Maunder
Lucy Maunder is an Australian cabaret and theatre performer. She originated the role of Lara in the Australian premiere of Doctor Zhivago in 2011 opposite Anthony Warlow, and toured with her own cabaret Songs in the Key of Black in 2013, releasing an album with the same name. Also in 2013, Maunder toured with the national touring company of Grease playing the role of Rizzo. In 2021-22, she starred as the adult Alison Bechdel in the Sydney Theatre Company and Melbourne Theatre Company's co-production of Fun Home.
Lucy Maunder, the daughter of stage director, Stuart Maunder, moved to England when she was five while her father was resident director of the Royal Opera House. Her mother is singer Anne-Maree McDonald.
After an initial desire to become a dancer, Maunder commenced singing at the age of fourteen. Maunder attended North Sydney Girls High School, completed her HSC in 2003, attaining a distinction in drama. where she played Nellie Forbush in the school's production of South Pacific.[citation needed]
Maunder graduated from Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) with a Bachelor in Music Theatre. In an interview with The Age, Maunder mentioned WAAPA teachers Jenny Lynnd and John Milson as having a profound impact on her. During this period she became close friends with Stephen Mahy, with whom she would go on to co-star in Grease.
Maunder played the lead role of Lara in the premiere of Doctor Zhivago at the Lyric Theatre, Sydney on 19 February 2011 with Anthony Warlow as Yurii Zhivago, Taneel Van Zyl as Tonia and Martin Crewes as Pasha. The production was directed by Des McAnuff. A cast album was planned with two songs by Maunder and Warlow being released in 2011. Doctor Zhivago ran from 19 February until 3 April 2011 in Sydney, before travelling to Melbourne in April until 29 May. From there it went to Brisbane for a limited run from 6–31 July, however, its popularity with Brisbane audiences saw the Queensland season extended to 14 August.
Maunder performed in Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens as part of the Sydney Mardi Gras Festival. The song cycle was a collection of free verse poems and songs inspired by stories from the Project AIDS Memorial Quilt.
Maunder has also appeared in reasons to be pretty for Darlinghurst Theatre, as well as two staged readings for Neglected Musicals: Lucky Stiff in November 2012 and It's A Bird, It's A Plane, It's Superman in October 2014. She played Janet in The Rocky Horror Picture Show with Richard O'Brien in New Zealand. Her roles have also included Anne in A Little Night Music, which was directed by her father, Stuart Maunder.
In the Sydney Theatre Company co-production with the Victorian Opera of Threepenny Opera, directed by Michael Kantor, Maunder played Polly Peachum, opposite Eddie Perfect as Macheath. This production ran from 4–24 September 2011.
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Lucy Maunder
Lucy Maunder is an Australian cabaret and theatre performer. She originated the role of Lara in the Australian premiere of Doctor Zhivago in 2011 opposite Anthony Warlow, and toured with her own cabaret Songs in the Key of Black in 2013, releasing an album with the same name. Also in 2013, Maunder toured with the national touring company of Grease playing the role of Rizzo. In 2021-22, she starred as the adult Alison Bechdel in the Sydney Theatre Company and Melbourne Theatre Company's co-production of Fun Home.
Lucy Maunder, the daughter of stage director, Stuart Maunder, moved to England when she was five while her father was resident director of the Royal Opera House. Her mother is singer Anne-Maree McDonald.
After an initial desire to become a dancer, Maunder commenced singing at the age of fourteen. Maunder attended North Sydney Girls High School, completed her HSC in 2003, attaining a distinction in drama. where she played Nellie Forbush in the school's production of South Pacific.[citation needed]
Maunder graduated from Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) with a Bachelor in Music Theatre. In an interview with The Age, Maunder mentioned WAAPA teachers Jenny Lynnd and John Milson as having a profound impact on her. During this period she became close friends with Stephen Mahy, with whom she would go on to co-star in Grease.
Maunder played the lead role of Lara in the premiere of Doctor Zhivago at the Lyric Theatre, Sydney on 19 February 2011 with Anthony Warlow as Yurii Zhivago, Taneel Van Zyl as Tonia and Martin Crewes as Pasha. The production was directed by Des McAnuff. A cast album was planned with two songs by Maunder and Warlow being released in 2011. Doctor Zhivago ran from 19 February until 3 April 2011 in Sydney, before travelling to Melbourne in April until 29 May. From there it went to Brisbane for a limited run from 6–31 July, however, its popularity with Brisbane audiences saw the Queensland season extended to 14 August.
Maunder performed in Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens as part of the Sydney Mardi Gras Festival. The song cycle was a collection of free verse poems and songs inspired by stories from the Project AIDS Memorial Quilt.
Maunder has also appeared in reasons to be pretty for Darlinghurst Theatre, as well as two staged readings for Neglected Musicals: Lucky Stiff in November 2012 and It's A Bird, It's A Plane, It's Superman in October 2014. She played Janet in The Rocky Horror Picture Show with Richard O'Brien in New Zealand. Her roles have also included Anne in A Little Night Music, which was directed by her father, Stuart Maunder.
In the Sydney Theatre Company co-production with the Victorian Opera of Threepenny Opera, directed by Michael Kantor, Maunder played Polly Peachum, opposite Eddie Perfect as Macheath. This production ran from 4–24 September 2011.
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