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NAYLAH AHMED |
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Nationality: English Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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Naylah Ahmed was born and lives in Birmingham and has been writing since the late 1990s. She started working on poetry and short prose (including the publication of two short stories by Tindal Street Press) and went on to develop her writing in radio and other media. She has had a few plays produced for BBC Radio 4, and has also worked as a radio drama producer for nearly 10 years at the BBC. During her time with the BBC she was Development Producer for Radio Drama, and then went on to be founding Script Editor of Silver Street, the first British Asian soap which ran from 2004-2010. Naylah has also written for television (including BBC Scotlands prime time show River City) and for theatre, winning The Bruntwood Playwriting Competition with her play Butcher Boys in 2007. She was also one of the writers on These Four Streets, a multi-writer play produced at Birmingham Repertory Theatre 2008. Naylah is currently working on her first short film and feature length screenplay.
Plays by Naylah Ahmed
Butcher Boys | ||
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| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #92460 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | joint winner of the Royal Exchange Theatre's Bruntwood Playwriting Competition 2008 | |||||
Synopsis: | set in a Halal butchers in a predominantly Asian inner-city area | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Mustafa | ||
| 1st Produced: | Birmingham: Midland Arts centre | 17 Apr 2012 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #132837 | |||
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Genre: | thriller | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | an off site production by Birmingham Rep | |||||
Synopsis: | Mustafa is in prison serving 14 years for the death of a teenage boy during an attempted exorcism. Racked with guilt at the loss of an innocent life and isolated in a world where his beliefs are constantly challenged, he tries to keep his head down to avoid drawing attention to himself. But soon, the prisoners who have been taunting him suffer unexplained injuries and the prison officers start behaving strangely. Mustafa believes that something, out of his control, is making his sentence intolerable, whilst others are sceptical of his odd behaviour. Is Mustafa the innocent, spiritual man he claims to be, or is a djinn, the evil spirit that he tried to banish from the boy's body, inside the prison looking for its next victim? A compelling and vivid ghost story Mustafa, will have audiences on the edge of their seats. | |||||
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These Four Streets | ||
| 1st Produced: | 12 Feb 2009 | |||||
Company: | Birmingham Repertory Theatre Company | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #91006 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | 6 performers | |||||
Notes: | written by Naylah Ahmed, Sonali Bhattacharyya, Jennifer Farmer, Lorna French, Amber Lone and Cheryl Akila Payne | |||||
Synopsis: | In October 2005 the rumour of a rape sparked disturbances in Lozells, Birmingham, that led to the killing of one man, widespread damage and a fracture between two communities that had previously appeared to be living happily alongside one another. Inspired by the views, hopes and fears of local people connected to or affected by the disturbances, These Four Streets is an engaging and hopeful play that highlights a community's fight to stay together. A collaboration between six young female writers, These Four Streets explores the power of rumour and what it's like to live in a place that has been written off. | |||||
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Uncle Mustafas Djinn | ||
| 1st Produced: | 25 Feb 2003 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #134031 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | Does weird Uncle Mustafa really have access to the spirit world or is his nephew Kamran just going mad? | |||||
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