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Aisha Zia

AISHA ZIA

  
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Aisha Zia is a writer and producer based in London. She worked with Common Wealth on her first full-length play An Indecent Incident, produced in London. She went on to complete her second full-length play, The Fox and the Libertine, gaining a distinction on her MA in Creative Writing at City University. Aisha was included in the 'Ave It' writers line up at the Old Vic Tunnels for the Coming Up Later Festival sponsored by Ideas Tap. She has worked as a researcher to Colin Teevan, an Intern at HighTide, and completed the Critical Mass Artist Development Program at the Royal Court. Her first short film documentary Ridley Road was part of the East End Film Festival in 2011. Aisha worked as a writer on Our Glass House.

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         Fox and the Libertine, The         Indecent Incident, An         No Guts, No Heart, No Glory         Our Glass House

Fox and the Libertine, The

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Indecent Incident, An

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A site-specific promenade play staged in a disused zip factory in London's East End. The piece explored a man's fall from his own ideals with a live Russian score from The Gadjo Club, dancing, wedding food and free vodka. With choreography from Fernanda and live music from The Gadjo Club.

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Adapted by Aisha Zia from A Nasty Story by Dostoyevsky

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Common Wealth

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No Guts, No Heart, No Glory

No Guts, No Heart, No Glory
No Guts, No Heart, No Glory explores being young, fearless and doing the unexpected. Working closely with five 16-22-year-old Muslim women and former National Champion boxer Ambreen Sadiq. This play represents a young Muslim female experience of life in the UK. It speaks to young people and will make them feel braver and encourage them to live how they want to live, so that they are free and confident to make their own choices tomorrow.

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SandyS Boxing Gym, 76 Craigmillar Castle Avenue, Edinburgh, Eh16 4Dw    18 Aug 2014

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Common Wealth

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Oberon Books (2014) >>>    978-1783191918

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Site-specific, Verbatim, 1 hour

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Our Glass House

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A site-specific performance about domestic abuse staged in a residential house. Our Glass House involves moments of fantasy, choreography and song, and is a promenade piece, encouraging audience to make their own journeys. The performance text is based on interviews we have carried out with men and women who have experienced domestic violence. There are no perpetrators in the show; we explore why people stay and how they leave. For the making of this show we have collaborated with artists to transform a disused house into a world for you to explore.

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Researched and created by Evie Manning and Rhiannon White, text by Aisha Zia and the company

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Summerhall, Edinburgh Festival Fringe    13 Aug 2013

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devised, site-specific 1 hour

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