6: Waleed Akhtar

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The Next Act: British South Asian Playwrights

The Next Act

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The Next Act is a podcast series spotlighting the voices shaping the future of British South Asian theatre. Each episode centres on a conversation with a single playwright, examining their creative process alongside the political, personal, and artistic forces that inform their work. Presented by Shiroma Silva, Rukhsana Ahmad and Jaswinder Blackwell-Pal. Supported and funded by the Drama Department and the Centre for Public Engagement at Queen Mary, University of London. www.thenextact.co.uk

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6: Waleed Akhtar

The Next Act: British South Asian Playwrights

40 minutes 45 seconds

4 months ago

6: Waleed Akhtar

In episode 6 we talk to writer and actor Waleed Akhtar about his plays Kabul Goes Pop: Music Television Afghanistan and The P Word.

Waleed Akhtar is a writer and actor. His debut play Kabul Goes Pop: Music Television Afghanistan (2022) at Brixton House, was inspired by the true story of Afghanistan’s first youth music TV programme. Exploring a world following the US invasion of Afghanistan the play was set to a soundtrack of early noughties’ pop. It’s centred around two young friends, Farook and Samia, as they run a live daily broadcast, against the backdrop of a changing political landscape.

He shortly followed this with The P Word at the Bush Theatre, a story of two gay Pakistani men, Zafar, an asylum seeker in the UK fleeing homophobic persecution, and Bilal (or Billy as he prefers) a Londoner, whose worlds collide. The play won the Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre at the 2023 Olivier Awards. He recently released his original audio play Mrs. Bibi on Audible.