Live Drawing Shows
In theatre, cinema, galleries and clubs, I create live drawing shows which bring together filmmaking, performance and drawing.
Real time drawing with storytelling, voice over, off the cuff comedy and music.
New show on from April 25 to June 20, The Day in the Life of a Beaver at Proposition Bethnal Green. Dates are April 25, May 8,9, 22,23 June 5,6,19,20 all starting at 7pm. Information and tickets here
The day in the life of a beaver
How I found myself by looking at a beaver
Show time at 7pm. April 25, May 8,9,22,23 June 5,6,19,20. Come and see the drawing exhibition before. Then hang out for beaver chat and connection on the roof afterwards.
Proposition Bethnal Green, 279 Cambridge Heath Road, London E2 0AL
Starting from my urban, non nature, practically terrified of animals life view - I began to explore the beaver who is coming back to the UK after 400 years of being extinct.
I am beginning to learn about myself through drawing and learning about the beaver. It came just as the right time for me
Beavers are keystone animals - their very way of life helps others, unintentionally, they create their world and in doing so build healthy worlds for other animals including humans.
The show is a mix between stand up, storytelling, art making in real time, with voiceover, music and sound effects. Each show is different; riffing with the audience, letting the drawing sometimes lead the way. It’s a unique, mesmerising and uplifting experience.
This show is accompanied by a beaver lodge installation in the gallery within the Keystone Species exhibition at Proposition Bethnal Green. In the lodge, there are drawings and paintings of beaver life and thought. Buy original work at beaver prices.
Tickets can be bought here
Grandma Ray
Connection between generations
My first live drawing show about the relationship between my grandma Rachel and me.
This show looks at the similarities between generations. Hidden secrets that get found out too late.
How my grandma who was an eastender who sometimes went posh and had hidden dreams and desires. She wanted to be free from the shackles of the conventions she was born into, as she told me, “I was born married” and “you must never get trapped”.
Her words stuck with me and I wished I could have spoken more freely with her. This show is my way of doing that.
Drawing on the Bottle
A personal story about drink
I thought I was a good drinker and then I turned bad.
Resisting the conventional ways of giving up alcohol, or more, trying them and giving alcohol another go. I’ve finally stopped using drink to elevate me or accompany me. This is my personal take on alcohol through drawing, voice over, music and song.
Created in 2023 . First shown at The Camden People’s Theatre
This show will be part of Totnes Fringe in 2026
The Many Faces of Eve
A live drawing show based on the 1950s film All About Eve.
This classic woman’s film from 1950 was nominated for more Oscars than any film until Titanic matched it. The storyline critiqued the whole system of fame and awards with wry humour.
All About Eve is written and directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz and stars Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, George Sanders and Celeste Holm.
The Many Faces of Eve, drawn, created and performed by Lisa Gornick, is a new working of the story centred around a theatre actor thrown into huge existential questions when she meets a younger fan.
This is a rethinking of the film - finding new elements in it, enjoying looking around what it says and portraying it all with an alternative lens using drawing at its centre.
Irreverent and adoring at the same time. This is a new show of a classic film turned over and around and into something new.
Extracts form various Live Performance Shows