Lisa Evans (playwright)

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

[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.