Lachlan Gillespie

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Lachlan Gillespie
Birth name	Lachlan Gillespie
Born	(1985-10-23) 23 October 1985 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Genres	children's music
Occupations	musician
Years active	2012–present
Associated acts	The Wiggles

Lachlan Gillespie (born 23 October 1985 in Brisbane, Queensland)^[1] is an Australian musician and performer. He is one of the next generation members of the children's band The Wiggles.

Gillespie, whose nickname is "Lachy", began playing the piano at the age of four, and started formal singing training when he was 12. He attended the Fame School of Performing Arts as a teenage, earned a Bachelor of Arts in musical theatre at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA), and has performed in musicals in Melbourne and New York. He has been a vocal and drama coach for children between the ages of four and 13.^[1]^[2]

Gillespie joined The Wiggles in 2009, touring with the "Dorothy the Dinosaur Traveling Show", as Captain Feathersword, and then as a Wiggly Dancer and Wags the Dog during the group's regular tour. In May 2012, it was announced that Gillespie would replace founding member Jeff Fatt as the Purple Wiggle at the beginning of the following year.^[1]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Meet the Next Generation Wiggles" The Wiggles Official Website. Retrieved 2012-05-20.
↑ Shearer, Geoff (2012-05-19). "Brisbane-bred Lachlan Gillespie the 'Maroon' Wiggle". The Courier Mail. Retrieved 2012-05-23.

v t e The Wiggles

Anthony Field Lachlan Gillespie Simon Pryce Emma Watkins Former: Greg Page Murray Cook Jeff Fatt Phillip Wilcher Sam Moran

Recordings	The Wiggles Discography Videography Songs

People	Paul Field John Field Paul Paddick Lyn Moran

See also	The Cockroaches The Wiggles Pty Ltd Guest stars Episodes Characters The Wiggles Movie Wiggly Waffle The Kingdom of Paramithi Wiggles World

Persondata
Name	Gillespie, Lachlan
Alternative names
Short description	Musician
Date of birth	23 October 1992
Place of birth	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Date of death
Place of death

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