Public Speaking

Public Speaking

Lisa has spoken at a wide range of events as a cultural critic and on subjects of special interest to her such as playwriting, censorship, gender discrimination, public theatre.

Includes:

2015: Panel debate on censorship with Peter Arnott, Laura Bradley and Julia Farringdon (Edinburgh University)

2015: Contributor to Saturday Review BBC Radio 4

2014: Contributor to Nightwaves BBC Radio 3

2010: Keynote speaker at International Conference on Theatre Censorship at Dublin Theatre Festival, (pictured), along with playwright Fernando Arrabal

2010-12: Speaker for Hands of People of Iran about experience of working in Tehran and the situation for artists including filmmaker Jafar Panahi whom she met there.

2010: Speaker on post show panel at Broadway Theatre Barking of A Day at the Racists, a play Lisa helped develop which critiqued the BNP.

2010: Panel member participatory theatre forms – Brand Literary Magazine

2010: Speaker on Index on Censorship panel discussing Behud and theatre censorship

2010: Magic Theatre – keynote speech about the situation of new writing in British Theatre

2009: Arts Council training day about gender discrimination in the arts

2003 Curated performed debate Going Public at the Tricycle Theatre