Episode 33: Lisa Parry

On this Boxing Day edition of 'In Lockdown With...' Ciaran's guest is Cardiff based playwright Lisa Parry! Lisa trained and worked as a journalist before embarking on a career in playwriting. She founded Agent 160 with Sarah Bendelow in 2012 aiming to increase the visibility of female playwrights. Her play '2023,' was produced by Illumine Theatre. It tells the story of Mary, born via sperm donor, who seeks out her sperm donor parent. Lisa's play 'The Merthyr Stigmatist' was set to be performed at the Sherman in Autumn 2020, but was postponed due to Coronavirus.  She is also currently one of Theatr Clwyd's writers in residence. Here Lisa talks to Ciaran about her career so far!