Playing Beckett's "Not I" | Lisa Dwan | 5x15

Lisa Dwan is an actress who has worked extensively in theatre, film and television - both internationally and in her native Ireland. Recently Lisa returned to the Royal Court to reprise her critically acclaimed performance of Not I alongside two more classics Footfalls and Rockaby, directed by Beckett’s long-time collaborator, Walter Asmus. Lisa has been performing Beckett since 2005. First performing Not I at Battersea Arts Centre directed by Natalie Abrahamie before being directed by Billie Whitelaw at the SouthBank Centre in 2009. She has also worked extensively in theatre, film and television both internationally and in her native Ireland. Film credits include: Not I, The Engagement, Walt Disney’s Oliver Twist with Richard Dreyfus and Elijah Wood and John Boorman's Tailor of Panama and Bhopal - A Prayer for Rain. She adapted, produced and performed the critically acclaimed one woman play Beside the Sea at the Southbank Centre and on tour and starred in Goran Bregović’s new music drama, Margot, Diary Of An Unhappy Queen at the Barbican. She most recently performed in Ramin Gray’s production of Illusions by Ivan Viripaev at the Bush Theatre and a Soldiers Tale at the Hay Festival.

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