Darcy Dixon is a multidisciplinary creative: she is an actor, singer, movement artist and DJ born and based in South East London.
Darcy graduated from RADA on the BA Acting Course in 2026. She was also then part of Open Door's Elevate Cohort under David Mumeni. Darcy has also trained with Siobhan Davies Studios in an explorative practice of choreography and movement and is part of their NEXT Artist Collective. Darcy was also in Theatre Peckham’s Rep Company 2023 cohort under Suzann Mclean.
Darcy was awarded the Luke Westlake Scholarship in 2024 after being chosen out of 170 other drama school students in their second year. The scholarship supports working class actors to navigate their third year of training with confidence, and was judged by a leading industry panel.
Darcy has sung in countless of London’s most prominent concert halls and music venues; both with choirs or solo, performing a variety of genres. Credits include performances at: The Royal Albert Hall, The Barbican, Westminster Abbey, Southbank Centre ( The Queen Elizabeth Hall & The Royal Festival Hall) and The Union Chapel. Darcy has also recorded at Abbey Road Studios, and is featured on a Platinum Award winning record for Now Music. The record has sold over 450,000 copies to date and was in the Mexican charts.
As a DJ, Darcy continues to perform under her alias and has invigorated London’s underground club scene. She has played at various venues such as FOLD, Colour Factory, MOT and The Haggerston. She also hosts her own monthly radio show on Voices Radio at their station in King's Cross, where she explores the intersections of music/sound, performance, arts and culture.
Previously, Darcy graduated from the University of Oxford in 2022 with a BA in Philosophy & Theology; there she was a choral scholar at Keble College. She was also awarded Powerful Media's Top 100 Black Undergraduate's in her second year of study. From April 2023-24, Darcy joined City, University of London as a Creative In Residence under Dr Anna Whitelock (School of Communications & Creativity) where she explored embodied and somatic ways of creating. She is now part of their Residency Alumni Scheme. Darcy is passionate about demystifying academia within the Arts, and enjoys traversing between both spaces.
Alongside performing, Darcy is heavily involved in working directly with charities and Arts organisations. Her main work with charities is to support creatives and young people from underrepresented communities. Darcy is a Young Advisor to The Harvey Parker Trust and a Trustee for Go Live Theatre where she sits on their Board. As a creative consultant and mentor, Darcy was an advisor to the Young Vic Theatre as part of their Reverse Mentoring Scheme in 2020, where she advised the Executive Team; having been trained by Nicholai La Barrie. She has also worked with London’s leading Arts Charity, A New Direction, creating an in depth report on Youth Governance, and best practices for the organisation's long term framework. This research was based on workshops she co-designed and co-facilitated for young people with the charity. Working with LEVILE, Darcy headed the Media Agency in winning the Deutsche Bank Awards for Creative Entrepreneurs (DBACE) in 2023 at The Royal Society of Arts.