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ISHY DIN
Nationality: English
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Literary Agent: Julia Tyrell Management represented by Julia Tyrrell
Ishy Din is a taxi-driver from Middlesborough, whose script John Barnes Saved My Life was shortlisted as part of Radio 5 Live's Sports Shorts competition and aired in 2004. He was then commissioned to write a piece for the BBC Brief encounters series, has written for BBC Radio Newcastle, and came second in the British Asian writing competition BaNG! in 2007 (Oldham Coliseum Theatre, Tamasha and BBC Writersroom, supported by Media Training North West). He has recently completed Sustenance with Deborah Bruce for New Writing North, with support from the Arts Council and the Peggy Ramsey Foundation, and a short arvon Foundation writing residency with tutors Simon Stephens and Graham Whybrow. He is currently working on an idea for a new musical called Soul Brother with the support of the adopt a Playwright scheme (OffWestend.com), and is also developing a short film Hijab, and a screenplay called Fraud.
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below is a list of Ishy Din's plays - click on a Play Title for more information
Beats North SnookeredBeats North
Synopsis:
Is this a man's world? Beats North is a double bill of new plays by Luke Barnes and Ishy Din exploring the soundtrack to our lives through the eyes and ears of two young men who are still trying to figure it out. The individual stories of our characters Jack and Al are seamlessly interwoven live on stage by award-winning scratch DJ Mariam Rezaei. Come join the party and request a song for your soundtrack. Beats North was the winner of the Northern Stage Title Pending Award 2013. Directed by Amy Golding, designed by Holly Seager.
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1st Produced:
Summerhall @ Roundabout, Edinburgh Fringe Festival Aug 2014
Organisations:
Company TSU in Association with Curious Monkey
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Music, Theatre, 1 hour 20 minutes
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On the sixth anniversary of T's death, his four friends meet as they always do for a game of snooker and a night to celebrate T's life. as they excavate the past and measure their own lives against T's, secrets are revealed and allegiances shift as quickly as the drinks are downed. Can they put to rest the guilt they feel over T's untimely death? and will their friendship survive the final betrayal? In a volatile political climate, Ishy Din opens a timely window into a strand of British Muslim life that often remains unseen. Through sparky dialogue, Snookered probes into the lives of these young men and their fragile masculinity, burdened by cultural expectations yet charged with personal dreams.
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Tamasha in association with Oldham Coliseum Theatre and the Bush Theatre
1st Published:
Methuen Drama, London 978-1408172551
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Genre:
Play/Drama
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Male: 5 Female: - Other: -
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