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LIFI25: Sally Wainwright & Tamsin Greig

15 Oct 2025

  • Tickets
    £15.00
  • Venue
    Quarry
  • Running time
    90 mins

I predict a riot

As new series Riot Women hits our screens, join multi-BAFTA-winning writer Sally Wainwright (Happy Valley, Last Tango in Halifax, Gentleman Jack) and acclaimed actor Tamsin Greig in conversation with Leeds’ own Gaynor Faye. This stimulating talk will unpick the story behind the bold new drama about five women who form a Northern punk band—exploring wider themes of rebellious female depictions, gender stereotypes, and subverting outdated clichés on stage and screen today.

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Wed 15 Oct
BSL
BSL Interpreted
CAP
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8pm

Who's who?

Sally Wainwright

Speaker

Tamsin Greig

Speaker

Gaynor Faye

Host

BIOGRAPHIES

Sally Wainwright OBE is a BAFTA-winning Yorkshire writer, producer, and director. She is credited with creating some of television’s most acclaimed recent dramas, including Happy Valley, Last Tango In Halifax and Gentleman Jack. Her highly anticipated new series Riot Women is also set to make some noise!

Tamsin Greig is an award-winning actor who effortlessly traverses theatre, film and TV. Her spectacular performances straddle comedy and drama, including in Twelfth Night at the National Theatre, Tamara Drewe and The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel on film, and Black Books, Friday Night Dinner, and Riot Women on television.

Leeds-born Gaynor Faye is a celebrated actor and writer, appearing on TV hits including Coronation Street, Fat Friends, Emmerdale, The Syndicate, and The Inheritance. Gaynor is also the creative MD of Rollem Productions, an independent, Yorkshire production company, founded by Gaynor’s mum and legendary writer, Kay Mellor.

  • MAJOR FUNDERS

    Arts Council
  • Leeds City Council
  • LTB Foundation
  • Founded by UK government
  • Suppoprted by west Yorkshire
  • Principal Partner

    Caddick Group
  • Principal Access Partner

    Irwin Mitchell