Lisa Evans (playwright)

{{Short description|British playwright (20th-21st century)}}

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Lisa Evans is a British playwright and has been a Royal Literary Fund fellow at several universities.{{cite web |title=Lisa Evans |url=https://www.rlf.org.uk/writer/lisa-evans/ |publisher=Royal Literary Fund |access-date=27 May 2024}}

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.

Her work includes the stage adaptation of Melvyn Bragg{{'s}} The Maid of Buttermere,{{cite news |last1=Hickling |first1=Alfred |title=The Maid of Buttermere |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2009/mar/26/review-maid-of-buttermere |access-date=27 May 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=26 March 2009}} and The Day the Waters Came, about the effects of Hurricane Katrina.{{cite web |title=The Day The Waters Came |url=https://officiallondontheatre.com/show/the-day-the-waters-came-113706/ |website=Official London Theatre |access-date=27 May 2024 |date=2011}}

She has written for television including EastEnders, Holby City, Casualty, Peak Practice and The Bill. Her work for radio includes Stamping, Shouting and Singing Home (BBC Radio 4 Monday Play, 1987),{{cite web |title=BBC Radio Plays, Radio 4, 1987 |url=https://www.suttonelms.org.uk/r4-plays-1987.html |website=www.suttonelms.org.uk |publisher= |access-date=27 May 2024}} Ring o'Roses (Afternoon Theatre, 1981){{cite web |title=BBC Radio 4 1981 |url=https://www.suttonelms.org.uk/r4-plays-1981.html |website=www.suttonelms.org.uk |access-date=27 May 2024}} and Hanging Fire, about the Red Barn Murder (Monday Play, 1990).{{cite web |title=The Monday Play: 25th Jun 1990 |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/74ccbd219686447c989b337b715106c9 |website=genome.ch.bbc.co.uk |publisher=BBC |access-date=27 May 2024 |date=25 June 1990}}

She won the British Theatre Association award in 1986 for Under Exposure and in 1988 for The Red Chair,{{cite web |title=Lisa Evans |url=https://mbalit.co.uk/client/lisa-evans/ |website=MBA Literary Agents |access-date=27 May 2024}} 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.{{cite web |title=Writers' Guild Awards 2011 |url=https://writersguild.org.uk/writers-guild-awards-2011/ |website=Writers' Guild of Great Britain |access-date=27 May 2024}}{{cite web |title=Writers' Guild Awards 2017 |url=https://writersguild.org.uk/writers-guild-awards-2017/ |website=Writers' Guild of Great Britain |access-date=27 May 2024}}