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Lisa Goldman is a British theatre director,
dramaturg A dramaturge or dramaturg (from Ancient Greek δραματουργός – dramatourgós) is a literary adviser or editor in a theatre, opera, or film company who researches, selects, adapts, edits, and interprets scripts, libretti, texts, and pr ...
, writer and author. She was Artistic Director and joint Chief Executive of
Soho Theatre Soho Theatre is a theatre and registered charity in the Soho district of the City of Westminster, and Soho Theatre Walthamstow in north-east London. It produces and presents new works of theatre, together with comedy and cabaret, across three pe ...
(2006–10) and The Red Room Theatre Company which she founded (1995-2006). In 2008 Lisa was included in the
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’s ‘Influentials’ list as one of the 1000 most influential people in London. Lisa’s book The No Rules Handbook for Writers was published by Oberon Books in April 2012. It was cited by
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as one of their top 10 training books of 2012 and was an Amazon UK digital bestseller during November 2012.


Early years

Lisa Goldman (born November 1964) grew up in Walthamstow and Chingford, east London, where she attended local state schools. She went on to gain a first class BA Hons in Drama and English from
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(1987), a postgraduate diploma in Directing from
Drama Studio London Drama Studio London (often abbreviated as DSL) is a British drama school in London. It is accredited by the Federation of Drama Schools. The principal is Emma Lucia Hands. The Drama Studio London was started in 1966 by Peter Layton. It focus ...
(1988) and an MA in Creative and Life Writing from
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, London (EU/UK scholarship 2013). Lisa started writing, devising and directing plays at university. Her final project was a physical ecofeminist piece called Mute inspired by ''Woman and Nature'' by
Susan Griffin Susan Griffin (born January 26, 1943) is a radical feminist philosopher, essayist and playwright particularly known for her innovative, hybrid-form ecofeminist works. Life Griffin was born in Los Angeles, California, on January 26, 1943, and h ...
. Her graduating project from drama school in 1988 was the British premiere of
Heiner Müller Heiner Müller (; 9 January 1929 – 30 December 1995) was a German (formerly East German) dramatist, poet, writer, essayist and theatre director. His "enigmatic, fragmentary pieces" are a significant contribution to postmodern drama and postd ...
’s poetic trilogy, ''Despoiled Shore'', ''Medeamaterial'' and ''Landscape with Argonauts''. In 1994 she premiered another trilogy of Heiner Müller's work, ''Russian Gambit'', ''The Duel'' and ''The Foundling''. Lisa’s first professional theatre job was directing a national tour of Twelfth Night which opened at Pleasance 2 at the Edinburgh Festival in 1988. Other early freelance work included assisting at
Soho Theatre Soho Theatre is a theatre and registered charity in the Soho district of the City of Westminster, and Soho Theatre Walthamstow in north-east London. It produces and presents new works of theatre, together with comedy and cabaret, across three pe ...
and
Theatre Royal Stratford East Stratford East (formerly known as Theatre Royal Stratford East) is a 460 seat Victorian producing theatre in Stratford in the London Borough of Newham. Since 1953, it has been the home of the Theatre Workshop company, famously associated with di ...
. At Theatre Royal she also worked as a researcher for ''Down Every Street'' and was a commissioned writer on ''Discover my Dream'' and ''The Good Society''. She was Youth Theatre Director 1988-9. Elsewhere Lisa ran playwriting workshops in schools and directed young people's plays including for Travelling Light and Inner City Theatre Company. She also wrote plays (see Writing). She spent two months recording interviews with residents in East Berlin in 1991-2 about the experience of reunification, for her play ''Electra in Berlin''.


Workers' Theatre Movement

In 1989 Lisa joined Workers' Theatre Movement (WTM) (president Ewan MacColl), and ran the company with its founder, actor
Tam Dean Burn Tam Dean Burn (born 1958 in Leith, Scotland) is a Scottish actor who has played a wide range of roles on stage and screen. On television this includes multiple roles on long-running detective series ''Taggart'', youth sci-fi thriller ''Life Forc ...
from 1989-91. She wrote and directed short plays/raps around issues such as the Poll Tax, Irish self-determination, unemployment, International Women’s Day, May Day, the first Gulf War. These were performed by the group at demos, on the street, in job centres or wherever a political intervention might be made. WTM also ran the Internationale Cabaret in Camden. For WTM Lisa directed a revival of Waiting for Lefty at the Old Red Lion in 1990 with Ed Bishop in the lead role. She also directed the
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''Trilogy'' in 1991 at the Tramway, Glasgow, performed by Tam Dean Burn, despite calls for the ‘IRA play’ to be banned. In 1991, during the first Gulf War, whilst running a non-stop picket outside the American Embassy, Tam and Lisa set up Artists against the War, working with a diverse group of artists to create art action on the streets against the war. In 2001 they revived this idea after the bombing of Afghanistan.


The Red Room

In 1994 Lisa found a derelict room above what is now The Lion and Unicorn pub in Gaisford Street, Kentish Town and persuaded the new owner to let her create a theatre there. She was soon joined by administrators Catherine Thornborrow and Emma Schad. The Red Room Theatre Company launched in October 1995 with ''The Shorewatcher’s House'' by Judy Upton, going on to produce 12 new plays in its first year, including ''Sunspots'' and ''Stealing Souls'' by Upton, ''The Night Before Christmas'' by
Anthony Neilson Anthony Neilson (born 1967, Edinburgh) is a Scottish playwright and director. He is known for his collaborative way of writing and workshopping his plays. Much of his work is characterised by the exploration of sex and violence. Neilson has bee ...
, ''Creamy'' by Leon London and ''Bacillus'' by Kay Adshead. The Red Room went on to have residencies at The
Finborough Theatre The Finborough Theatre is a fifty-seat theatre in the West Brompton area of London (part of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea) under artistic director Neil McPherson. The theatre presents new British writing, as well as UK and world p ...
in 1997 and
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(BAC) in 1998-9. The company also produced plays at the
Bush Theatre The Bush Theatre is located in the Passmore Edwards Public Library, Shepherd's Bush, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. It was established in 1972 as a showcase for the work of new writers. Artistic Directors * Brian McDermott ...
and the
Traverse Theatre The Traverse Theatre is a theatre in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was founded as The Traverse Theatre Club in 1962 by John Calder, John Malcolm, Jim Haynes, Richard Demarco, Terry Lane, Andrew Muir, John Martin and Sheila Colvin. The Traverse Th ...
, (''Stitching'' and ''The Bogus Woman''), Soho Theatre (''Animal'') and toured nationally and internationally. The Red Room gained revenue funding in 2001 from
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after the success of ''The Bogus Woman'' by Kay Adshead. ''The Bogus Woman'' had been commissioned through ''Seeing Red, a Festival of Dissent'' at BAC involving sixteen new short plays by writers including David Eldridge, Judy Upton, Rebecca Prichard, Parv Bancil, Dona Daly, Peter Barnes, Roney Fraser Munro and Conspiracy, a situationist club and precursor of scratch nights run by Tam Dean Burn. Another of the commissioned plays, the controversial ''Made in England'' by Parv Bancil, also went on to have a successful tour. In 2001, Lisa Goldman, Tam Dean Burn and Emma Schad set up Artists against the War when the US bombed Afghanistan after 9/11. In 2003, on the eve of war in Iraq, Lisa curated ''Going Public'' at the
Tricycle Theatre The Kiln Theatre (formerly the Tricycle Theatre) is a theatre located in Kilburn, in the London Borough of Brent, England. Since 1980, the theatre has presented a wide range of plays reflecting the cultural diversity of the area, as well as n ...
, a day-long event involving a diverse range of 30 theatre companies (including
Royal Shakespeare Company The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) is a major British theatre company, based in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England. The company employs over 1,000 staff and opens around 20 productions a year. The RSC plays regularly in London, Stratf ...
and
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) in a performed debate about theatre's role as a public form. The last play Lisa directed for the Red Room was '' Hoxton Story'' in 2005 which she also wrote, based on the oral history archive she created through 40 hours of interviews with people living on the housing estates in the area. Hoxton Story was an immersive site specific critique of gentrification, involving local people and professional actors, with scenes set in and around a council flat on Arden Estate, a fake art gallery, a funeral cortege, a Hoxton Square bar and Hoxton Hall. As well as directing plays for the Red Room, Lisa also notably commissioned and produced
Anthony Neilson Anthony Neilson (born 1967, Edinburgh) is a Scottish playwright and director. He is known for his collaborative way of writing and workshopping his plays. Much of his work is characterised by the exploration of sex and violence. Neilson has bee ...
’s controversial plays ''The Censor'' in 1997 (Time Out Live Award; Writers Guild Best Play) which the Red Room transferred from the Finborough to the
Royal Court Theatre The Royal Court Theatre, at different times known as the Court Theatre, the New Chelsea Theatre, and the Belgravia Theatre, is a West End theatre#London's non-commercial theatres, non-commercial theatre in Sloane Square, London, England, opene ...
,
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and New Ambassadors Theatre and ''Stitching'' in 2003 (Time Out Live Award, the Stage best performer Selina Boyack, a Herald Angel award and runner up Evening Standard Award).


Soho Theatre

In 2006, Lisa took over as Artistic Director and joint Chief Executive of Soho Theatre Company. She introduced a strong intercultural programme, for which the company was shortlisted for a Peter Brook Empty Space Award. In 2009 Lisa was also included in the Evening Standard’s ‘Influentials’ list as one of the 1000 most influential people in London. Her new strategy for the company involved retaining a writer-centred programme whilst strongly encouraging international collaboration, cross disciplinary work, free expression and the development of diverse artists and audiences. Notable new writing during her Soho programme (Jan 2007-May 2010) included the multi-award winning ''Baghdad Wedding'' by Hassan Abdulrazzak, the first British play about the war on Iraq to be written by an Iraqi; ''Everything Must Go'', the first UK plays written in response to the economic crash of 2008; ''Orphans'' by Dennis Kelly, ''Pure Gold'' by Michael Bhim, ''Static'' by Dan Reballato, ''The Long Road'' by Shelagh Stevenson (co-pro Synergy), ''Midsummer'' by David Greig (co-production
Traverse Theatre The Traverse Theatre is a theatre in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was founded as The Traverse Theatre Club in 1962 by John Calder, John Malcolm, Jim Haynes, Richard Demarco, Terry Lane, Andrew Muir, John Martin and Sheila Colvin. The Traverse Th ...
) ; ''Aalst'' and ''Venus as a Boy'' (co productions
National Theatre of Scotland The National Theatre of Scotland, established in 2006, is the national theatre company of Scotland. The company has no theatre building of its own; instead it tours work to theatres, village halls, schools and site-specific locations, both at h ...
), ''White Boy'' by
Tanika Gupta Tanika Gupta (born 1 December 1963) is a British playwright. Apart from her work for the theatre, she has also written scripts for television, film and radio plays. Early life Tanika Gupta was born in London to immigrant parents from Kolkata ...
(co-production
National Theatre of Scotland The National Theatre of Scotland, established in 2006, is the national theatre company of Scotland. The company has no theatre building of its own; instead it tours work to theatres, village halls, schools and site-specific locations, both at h ...
), ''An Oak Tree'' by Tim Crouch, ''Kim Noble will Die'', '' Marisa Carnesky’s Magic War'', ''Roaring Trade'' by Steve Thompson, ''This isn’t Romance'' by In-sook Chappell (winner of the Verity Bargate Award 2007); ''A Couple of Poor Polish Speaking Romanians'' by Dorota Maslowska, English version by Lisa Goldman and Paul Sirett; '' Piranha Heights'' (Runner-up What's On Stage Best Production and Writers Guild Best Play) and '' Leaves of Glass'' by Philip Ridley, ''Moonwalking in Chinatown'' by Justin Young; ''Iya Ile'' by Oladipo Agboluaje (co-production Tiata Fahodzi, runner up Olivier Award); ''This Wide Night'' by Chloe Moss (winner of Susan Smith Blackburn Award); ''Joe Guy'' by Roy Williams (co-production Tiata Fahodzi); ''God in Ruins'' by
Anthony Neilson Anthony Neilson (born 1967, Edinburgh) is a Scottish playwright and director. He is known for his collaborative way of writing and workshopping his plays. Much of his work is characterised by the exploration of sex and violence. Neilson has bee ...
(RSC) and ''Edward Gant’s Amazing Feats of Loneliness'' ( Headlong); ''The Kitchen'' ( Gob Squad); ''The Diver'' (co-production Setagaya Theatre, Japan with Kathryn Hunter and Hideki Noda); ''Fathers Inside'' (
National Youth Theatre The National Youth Theatre of Great Britain (NYT) is a youth theatre and charity in London, created with the aim of developing young people's artistic skills via theatrical productions and other creative endeavours. Founded in 1956 as the world ...
); Bette Bourne &
Mark Ravenhill Mark Ravenhill (born 7 June 1966) is an English playwright, actor and journalist. Ravenhill is one of the most widely performed playwrights in British theatre of the late-twentieth and twenty-first centuries. His major plays include '' Shoppi ...
: ''A Life in Three Acts''; ''Promises, Promises'' by Douglas Maxwell; ''Shraddha'' by Natasha Langridge
Meyer-Whitworth Award The Meyer-Whitworth Award was a literary prize established in 1991 and awarded from 1992 until 2011 to new British playwrights to help them further their careers. The £10,000 prize, one of the largest annual prizes for play writing in the UK, was ...
; ''Behud'' by Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti runner up
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Award; ''
Blasted ''Blasted'' is the first play by the British author Sarah Kane. It was first performed in 1995 at the Royal Court Theatre Upstairs in London. Synopsis The play is set in an expensive hotel room in Leeds. Ian, a foul-mouthed middle-aged tablo ...
'' by Sarah Kane ( Graeae Theatre Company); Spill Festival including Forced Entertainment's ''Void Story''. Lisa Goldman made the first London invitation to
Belarus Free Theatre The Belarus Free Theatre ( Belarusian: Свабодны тэатр, ''Svabodny teatr'') is a Belarusian underground theatre group. Following the 2020–2021 Belarusian protests, the BFT no longer has any presence in Belarus, with the remaining m ...
with their productions ''Being Harold Pinter'' and ''Generation Blue Jeans''.


Directing

2012
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’s '' Dangerous Lady'', adapted by Patrick Prior,
Theatre Royal Stratford East Stratford East (formerly known as Theatre Royal Stratford East) is a 460 seat Victorian producing theatre in Stratford in the London Borough of Newham. Since 1953, it has been the home of the Theatre Workshop company, famously associated with di ...
. Nominated for two Off West End Awards 2013 2010 ''Inheritance'' by Mike Packer, Live Theatre Company. Runner up David Hargreaves best performer The Journal Culture Awards 2010 2010 ''Behud'' by Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti, Coventry Belgrade Theatre and Soho Theatre Company. Runner up
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Award 2010. 2009 ''Shraddha'' by Natasha Langridge, Soho Theatre Company.
Meyer-Whitworth Award The Meyer-Whitworth Award was a literary prize established in 1991 and awarded from 1992 until 2011 to new British playwrights to help them further their careers. The £10,000 prize, one of the largest annual prizes for play writing in the UK, was ...
2010. 2009 ''Everything Must Go'' – short pieces including by Kay Adshead, Megan Barker, Marisa Carnesky,
Will Eno Will Eno (born 1965) is an American playwright based in Brooklyn, New York. His play, '' Thom Pain (based on nothing)'' was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Drama in 2005. His play '' The Realistic Joneses'' appeared on Broadway in 2014, whe ...
, Maxwell Golden, Paula Stanic, Steve Thompson, Oladipo Agboluaje. 2009 ''This Isn’t Romance'' by In-sook Chappell, Soho Theatre Company and
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's ''The Wire'', Verity Bargate Award 2007 2008 ''Piranha Heights'' by Philip Ridley, Soho Theatre Company. Runner-up Whats On Stage Best Production and Writers Guild Best Play 2008 ''A Couple of Poor Polish Speaking Romanians'' by Dorota Maslowska, English version by Lisa Goldman and Paul Sirett, Soho Theatre Company. 2007 ''Baghdad Wedding'' by Hassan Abdulrazzak, Soho Theatre Company and
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Sunday Play. Winner of George Devine Award and
Meyer-Whitworth Award The Meyer-Whitworth Award was a literary prize established in 1991 and awarded from 1992 until 2011 to new British playwrights to help them further their careers. The £10,000 prize, one of the largest annual prizes for play writing in the UK, was ...
2007 '' Leaves of Glass'' by Philip Ridley, Soho Theatre Company 2005 Hoxton Story by Lisa Goldman, The Red Room Theatre Company,. 2003 ''Bites'' by Kay Adshead,
Bush Theatre The Bush Theatre is located in the Passmore Edwards Public Library, Shepherd's Bush, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. It was established in 1972 as a showcase for the work of new writers. Artistic Directors * Brian McDermott ...
2003 Produced ''Stitching'' by
Anthony Neilson Anthony Neilson (born 1967, Edinburgh) is a Scottish playwright and director. He is known for his collaborative way of writing and workshopping his plays. Much of his work is characterised by the exploration of sex and violence. Neilson has bee ...
2003 ''Going Public'' – a performed debate at the
Tricycle Theatre The Kiln Theatre (formerly the Tricycle Theatre) is a theatre located in Kilburn, in the London Borough of Brent, England. Since 1980, the theatre has presented a wide range of plays reflecting the cultural diversity of the area, as well as n ...
about theatre as a public form involving 30 theatre companies and MC’d by Lemn Sissay 2002 ''Playing Fields'' by Neela Dolezolova, Soho Theatre Company 2002 ''Animal'' by Kay Adshead, Soho Theatre Company 2001 ''My Sky is Big'' by Rob Young, 35mm 14min film,
National Film Theatre BFI Southbank (from 1951 to 2007, known as the National Film Theatre) is the leading repertory cinema in the United Kingdom, specialising in seasons of classic, independent and non-English language films. It is operated by the British Film Ins ...
2000 ''The Bogus Woman'' by Kay Adshead, The
Traverse Theatre The Traverse Theatre is a theatre in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was founded as The Traverse Theatre Club in 1962 by John Calder, John Malcolm, Jim Haynes, Richard Demarco, Terry Lane, Andrew Muir, John Martin and Sheila Colvin. The Traverse Th ...
, The
Bush Theatre The Bush Theatre is located in the Passmore Edwards Public Library, Shepherd's Bush, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. It was established in 1972 as a showcase for the work of new writers. Artistic Directors * Brian McDermott ...
, national and international tour and
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Sunday Play.
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First award 2000, Manchester Evening News Theatre Awards runner up,
Susan Smith Blackburn Prize The Susan Smith Blackburn Prize established in 1978, is the largest and oldest playwriting prize for women+ writing for English-speaking theatre. Named for Susan Smith Blackburn (1935–1977), alumna of Smith College, who died of breast cancer. W ...
finalist; 2000 ''Made in England'' by Parv Bancil,
Battersea Arts Centre The Battersea Arts Centre ("BAC") is a performance space specialising in Theater, theatre productions. Located near Clapham Junction railway station in Battersea, in the London Borough of Wandsworth, it was formerly Battersea Town Hall. It is a ...
,
Watermans Arts Centre Watermans Art Centre is a combined arts centre. It is located in Brentford, England alongside the banks of the River Thames overlooking Kew Gardens in West London, England. It includes a 239-seat theatre, a 125-seat movie theatre, cinema two g ...
, Etcetera Theatre 1999 ''Leave to Remain'' by Leon London,
Battersea Arts Centre The Battersea Arts Centre ("BAC") is a performance space specialising in Theater, theatre productions. Located near Clapham Junction railway station in Battersea, in the London Borough of Wandsworth, it was formerly Battersea Town Hall. It is a ...
1999 ''Ex'' by Rob Young,
Battersea Arts Centre The Battersea Arts Centre ("BAC") is a performance space specialising in Theater, theatre productions. Located near Clapham Junction railway station in Battersea, in the London Borough of Wandsworth, it was formerly Battersea Town Hall. It is a ...
Opera Festival 1998 Two month residency at the
Battersea Arts Centre The Battersea Arts Centre ("BAC") is a performance space specialising in Theater, theatre productions. Located near Clapham Junction railway station in Battersea, in the London Borough of Wandsworth, it was formerly Battersea Town Hall. It is a ...
. ''Seeing Red'', a festival of dissent: 30th anniversary of 1968, 1st anniversary New Labour Government. Writers included Kay Adshead, Peter Barnes, Parv Bancil, Tony Craze, Dona Daly, David Eldridge,
Tanika Gupta Tanika Gupta (born 1 December 1963) is a British playwright. Apart from her work for the theatre, she has also written scripts for television, film and radio plays. Early life Tanika Gupta was born in London to immigrant parents from Kolkata ...
, Roney Fraser Munro, Roddy McDevitt, Rebecca Prichard, Judy Upton. 1997 ''Obsession'' by Rob Young,
Battersea Arts Centre The Battersea Arts Centre ("BAC") is a performance space specialising in Theater, theatre productions. Located near Clapham Junction railway station in Battersea, in the London Borough of Wandsworth, it was formerly Battersea Town Hall. It is a ...
Guinness Ingenuity Award 1997 Three month residency at the
Finborough Theatre The Finborough Theatre is a fifty-seat theatre in the West Brompton area of London (part of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea) under artistic director Neil McPherson. The theatre presents new British writing, as well as UK and world p ...
. Produced ''The Censor'' by
Anthony Neilson Anthony Neilson (born 1967, Edinburgh) is a Scottish playwright and director. He is known for his collaborative way of writing and workshopping his plays. Much of his work is characterised by the exploration of sex and violence. Neilson has bee ...
, ''Touscon'' by Lisa Perotti. Directed ''People on the River'' by Judy Upton, ''Surfing'' by Rob Young. Guinness Ingenuity Award 1996 ''White Unto Harvest'' by Mavis Howard Guinness Ingenuity Award 1996 ''Sunspots'' by Judy Upton The Red Room Theatre Company 1996 ''The Body Trade'' by Deborah Lavin The Red Room Theatre Company 1995 ''The Shorewatcher's House'' by Judy Upton The Red Room Theatre Company


Playwriting

Lisa’s produced full-length plays include ''Hoxton Story'' (2005 site specific), ''Discover my Dream'' (1991 co-writer Debbie Plentie,
Theatre Royal Stratford East Stratford East (formerly known as Theatre Royal Stratford East) is a 460 seat Victorian producing theatre in Stratford in the London Borough of Newham. Since 1953, it has been the home of the Theatre Workshop company, famously associated with di ...
); ''The Diaries of Hannah Cullwick'' (1990 Writer in Residence Essex University); ''Flying Colours'' (1993 Travelling Light Tour); ''On the Bridge'' (1989 co-writer Sarah Tuck,
Oval House Theatre Ovalhouse, formerly called Oval House Theatre, was an Off-West End theatre in the London Borough of Lambeth, located at 52–54 Kennington Oval, London, SE11 5SW. It closed in 2020, and moved to Brixton, becoming the Brixton House theatre (locate ...
). Plays given rehearsed readings only include ''The Good Society'' (1993) and ''Electra in Berlin'' (1995). Lisa also co-translated with Paul Sirett ''A Couple of Poor Polish Speaking Romanians'' by Dorota Maslowska which she also directed for Soho Theatre Company (2008)


Collaborators

Notable actors Lisa has worked with include: Jimmy Akingbola,
Ishia Bennison Ishia Bennison is a British actress, best known for her television appearances, although she is also a veteran stage actress. Bennison is originally from Hull in Yorkshire. Career One of her earliest roles was a nurse in the 1980 Charlton Hest ...
, Lucy Briers, Silas Carson,
Anna Carteret Anna Carteret (born 11 December 1942) is a British stage and screen actress. Biography Carteret was born as Annabelle S. Wilkinson on 11 December 1942 in Bangalore, British India, the daughter of Peter John Wilkinson and his wife Patricia Car ...
, Claire Louise Cordwell, Frances Cuka,
Noma Dumezweni Noma Dumezweni (born 28 July 1969) is a South African-British actress. In 2006, she won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role for her performance as Ruth Younger in '' A Raisin in the Sun'' at the Lyric Hammersmith ...
, Miranda Foster, Tristan Gravelle, Val Lilley, Jennifer Lim, John Macmillan, Kika Markham,
Maxine Peake Maxine Peake (born 14 July 1974) is an English actress and narrator. She is known for her roles as Twinkle in ''Dinnerladies (TV series), dinnerladies'', a sitcom on BBC One (1998–2000), as List of Shameless (British TV series) characters#Vero ...
,
Lara Pulver Lara Pulver (born 1 September 1980) is an English actress, best known for playing Erin Watts in the BBC spy drama '' Spooks'' and Irene Adler on BBC's TV adaptation '' Sherlock''. She won the 2016 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actr ...
, Matt Rawle,
Andrea Riseborough Andrea Louise Riseborough (born 20 November 1981) is an English actress. She made her film debut with a small part in ''Venus'' (2006), and has since appeared in more prominent roles in '' Brighton Rock'' (2010), '' W.E.'' (2011), '' Shadow Dan ...
,
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, Sirine Saba,
Ruth Sheen Ruth Sheen is an English actress. From the late 1980s, she has appeared in British television shows, films and plays. A participant in the films of Mike Leigh, she won the European Film Award for Best Actress for her performance as Shirley in L ...
, Andrew Tiernan,
Luke Treadaway Luke Antony Newman Treadaway''Births, Marriages & Deaths Index of England & Wales, 1916-2005.''; at ancestry.com (born 10 September 1984) is a British actor. He won an Olivier Award for Best Leading Actor for his performance as Christopher in t ...
,
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, Jade Williams.


Facilitation

Lisa has worked internationally as a facilitator, producer and researcher including in Brazil, Iran, Turkey, Japan, Norway, South Korea, US, Sweden, Finland, France,''The Fence'' website
/ref> Lithuania, Poland, Denmark, Germany, Belgium, Ireland. Lisa works as a dramaturg with writers at all stages and runs masterclasses internationally. She has taught widely and recently led MA courses at RADA, City University, Essex University and Goldsmiths, University of London. She is also a trained coach and facilitator of action learning.


References

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