Lissa Chapman is a theatre director and historian. She is co-founder and, with Jay Venn, artistic director of Clio’s Company, which specializes in site-specific theatre, usually focusing on London history. One production, Baited Hooks, is set at the time when Anne Boleyn’s marriage was the city’s worst-kept secret. Lissa has also worked in publishing and for the National Trust; she lives in north-east London, and takes great delight in her garden.