Lisa Evans has previously written other plays for Theatre Centre, including the incredibly successful The Day the Waters Came. A previous version of Rise Up was developed in 2013 as part of Theatre Centre's Tomorrow's World programme in partnership with Rose Bruford College. Lisa trained as an actor at the Guildhall School of Speech and Drama after which she worked in radio, stage and TV. She performed with the National Theatre, in the West End and in theatre in the USA before becoming a playwright. She was Resident Writer at Theatre Centre in 1983/4 and at Temba Theatre Company in 1986/7. From 2009-11 she was Associate Writer at Theatre by the Lake Keswick. She is currently Royal Literary Fund Fellow at Brunel University.

Lisa Evans has previously written other plays for Theatre Centre, including the incredibly successful The Day the Waters Came. A previous version of Rise Up was developed in 2013 as part of Theatre Centre's Tomorrow's World programme in partnership with Rose Bruford College. Lisa trained as an actor at the Guildhall School of Speech and Drama after which she worked in radio, stage and TV. She performed with the National Theatre, in the West End and in theatre in the USA before becoming a playwright. She was Resident Writer at Theatre Centre in 1983/4 and at Temba Theatre Company in 1986/7. From 2009-11 she was Associate Writer at Theatre by the Lake Keswick. She is currently Royal Literary Fund Fellow at Brunel University.