Harry Lawtey knows a thing or two about spontaneity. Aged 13, he went from awe-inspired theatre kid watching in the crowd to attending Sylvia Young drama school in the span of four weeks. Lawtey spent most of his childhood on a military base in Cyprus , and after a West End production of Oliver Twist came to town, he was transfixed. Fagin’s gang were almost entirely procured from the prestigious school, and seeing them up there set something in motion for Lawtey.
debuted, lockdown measures were still in place. “The cast all went on Zoom to celebrate, and have a chat, and we ended the call and that was it. And then my phone exploded. There was no kind of outlet for what I was feeling, which is a bit of a shame, really. Having said that, I can't complain too much.”This self-effacement is common in conversion with Lawtey.