Liz Richardson originally trained as an actor and has a BA Honours in Acting from East 15 Acting School. Liz was an active member of actor-led, improvisational theatre company The Factory, creating & performing widely, including at The Globe, Southwark Playhouse, Soho Theatre, Hampstead Theatre and on BBC radio.
Liz dabbled with stand-up comedy and enjoyed notable success as a semi-finalist in Soho Theatre's Comedy Competition, from which she was invited to appear with Amused Moose (BBC) and at The Hackney Empire alongside Jenny Eclair. Liz was a supported artist at HOME Manchester, where she also opened and ran the regular engagement strand Mothers Who Make, a national initiative offering peer to peer support for artist-mothers of any discipline.