Education
He attended the Fame School of Performing Arts as a teenager, 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 New York
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Lachlan Gillespie
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Gillespie, whose nickname is "Lachy", began playing the piano at the age of four, and started formal singing training when he was 12. He has been a vocal and drama coach for children between the ages of four and 13. 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.
Two years into their relationship, Gillespie and fellow Wiggles performer Emma Watkins publicly acknowledged their romantic involvement in March 2015. In May 2015, the couple announced their engagement.
Membership
He is best known as a member of the children"s music group, The Wiggles wearing the purple skivvy.
