Lisa Evans (playwright)

Not to be confused with Lissa Evans.

Lisa Evans is a British playwright and has been a Royal Literary Fund fellow at several universities.^[1]

She trained as an actor at Guildhall School of Music and Drama and performed in the United Kingdom and the United States before becoming a playwright.^[1]

Her work includes the stage adaptation of Melvyn Bragg's The Maid of Buttermere,^[2] and The Day the Waters Came, about the effects of Hurricane Katrina.^[3]

She has written for television including EastEnders, Holby City, Casualty, Peak Practice and The Bill.^[1] Her work for radio includes Stamping, Shouting and Singing Home (BBC Radio 4 Monday Play, 1987),^[4] Ring o'Roses (Afternoon Theatre, 1981)^[5] and Hanging Fire, about the Red Barn Murder (Monday Play, 1990).^[6]

She won the British Theatre Association award in 1986 for Under Exposure and in 1988 for The Red Chair,^[7] and the Writers' Guild award for best play for young audiences in 2011 for The Day the Waters Came and in 2017 for Rise Up.^[8][9]