An evening with Lisa Holdsworth: TV Writer from Leeds
Join us in our stunning Gatehouse for this special evening focusing on Lisa’s career highlights and writing journey, with a Q & A. Includes a complimentary alcoholic or non-alcoholic drink.
Lisa Holdsworth has written episodes of Call The Midwife, Midsomer Murders, All Creatures Great and Small and the critically acclaimed play Black Teeth and a Brilliant Smile, adapted from the novel by Adelle Stripe. She created Dreamers for Channel 4 and was Chair of the Writers Guild of Great Britain from 2019 to 2023. She was born and lives in Leeds.
Doors 6pm for a 6.30pm start.
To tie in with our exhibition Literature in Leeds: Prose, Poetry and Plays.
Photo: Picture of Lisa Holdsworth (with Bobby Knutt) winning the RTS Yorkshire Writer of the Year (2011) – Photo Credit Paul Harness, courtesy of Lisa Holdsworth.
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