Lucy Roslyn is currently playing the role of Claire in Crystal Springs at the Park Theatre. Since graduating from DSL, Lucy Roslyn's credits include Mr Happiness & The Water Engine (Old Vic Tunnels); the improvised game of chance with the devil Money Vs Happiness (Nu:write Festival Zagreb & Batersea Art Centre); the one woman show Laundry (Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2010 & Waterloo East Theatre) and Blind Eye, the world's first interactive 3D cinema advert, for Woman's Aid. Lucy is also a playwright, and wrote and performed the critically acclaimed The State Vs John Hayes, a psychological thriller based on research into American killers awaiting execution (Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2013 & Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal Bath). Her second play The Stooge debuted recently at the Tristan Bates, the first of a series of plays set in the darkly comic Boondog Circus in 1930's America. She plays alto saxophone, often guesting with Jonny & The Baptists, and is also an illustrator.
Can you tell us about the storyline of Crystal Springs?
Crystal Springs leads you back along the path that led to a tragedy. It is a story about cyber bullying and how minor mistakes can escalate out of control.
What are the main themes and messages of this play?
I think there are many ways to bully a person, and this play looks at technology as a tool for bullying. The introduction of social media to young friendships is a really interesting and dangerous topic. I think it is very easy to misread messages, and it is also very easy to send them without realising the impact. I am an adult and I still occasionally get it wrong, get hurt, hurt others. I am an adult though, not a child. Not everyone can shrug it off.
