Iqbal Khan

Graeae Launches New Writing Festival This Month
by Stephi Wild - Jan 10, 2025

Graeae, the UK’s national theatre for Disabled people, is to host an inclusive New Writing Festival. The two day event will showcase the incredible diversity of storytelling within the Disabled writing community.

10 NIGHTS Comes to Birmingham Next Month
by Stephi Wild - Jan 7, 2025

Shahid Iqbal Khan’s Olivier Award-nominated play 10 Nights is touring the UK and will come to Birmingham next month. Learn more about the upcoming performance here!

Full UK Tour Dates and Cast Set For Shahid Iqbal Khan's 10 NIGHTS
by Stephi Wild - Dec 4, 2024

Shahid Iqbal Khan’s Olivier Award-nominated play 10 Nights will embark on tour, which will open at Riverside Studios in January. Learn more about the upcoming tour here!

Joe Murphy Appointed Artistic Director of the Birmingham Repertory Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Nov 20, 2024

Joe Murphy has been announced as the new Artistic Director of the Birmingham Repertory Theatre. Learn more about Joe Murphy and the Birmingham Repertory Theatre here!

Riverside Studios Reveals Christmas and New Year Line Up of Theatre, Cinema and Events
by Stephi Wild - Nov 13, 2024

Details have been announced for the creative programme at Riverside Studios for this Christmas season, which includes five theatre productions, festive events and cinema.

SING STREET and More Set For Lyric Hammersmith's 130th Anniversary Season
by Stephi Wild - Oct 9, 2024

2025 marks the 130th birthday of the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre and the theatre has announced its new season of work that showcases the bold, original storytelling that has kept this Frank Matcham auditorium at the heart of West London and UK theatre for over a century.

Seann Walsh, Chris Harper and Aden Gillett Will Star in Yasmina Reza's ART
by Stephi Wild - Aug 22, 2024

Award-winning comedian Seann Walsh, Chris Harper (Call the Midwife, Coronation Street) and Aden Gillett (The Crown, The House of Elliot) will star in a brand-new production of Yasmina Reza's fiendishly clever and hilariously funny play ART.

Entries Open For RTST Sir Peter Hall Director Award 2024
by Stephi Wild - Jul 23, 2024

The Royal Theatrical Support Trust (RTST) and the Octagon Theatre Bolton have announced that the 2024 RTST Sir Peter Hall Director Award Scheme is now open for entries.

The Lowry, Salford Unveils Contemporary Theatre Season For Autumn/Winter 2024
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 18, 2024

The Lowry in Salford announces its Autumn/Winter 2024 Contemporary Theatre Season featuring innovative performances and dynamic storytelling. Discover the latest in contemporary theatre at The Lowry.

Review: SILENCE, Birmingham Rep
by Laura Lott - Apr 24, 2024

“Old friends in the morning, then wanting us dead in the afternoon”, says one of the men in Silence, repeating the line over and over. Decades after the event, he still can’t understand the speed at which hate and violence ignited in the wake of the 1947 Partition of India.

Paines Plough Enters Its 50th Year And Reveals Upcoming Shows
by Stephi Wild - Mar 18, 2024

This year Paines Plough celebrates 50 years. The company has commissioned over 500 writers and developed and produced more than 400 plays since its inception in 1974. Learn more about the upcoming shows here!

Cast Set For the UK Tour of SILENCE
by Stephi Wild - Feb 22, 2024

Tara Theatre has announced the full cast for the UK tour of Silence. Iqbal Khan will direct Tia Dutt, Alexandra D’sa, Aaron Gill, Mamta Kash, Asif Khan, alongside Bhasker Patel who returns to the production.

Tara Theatre's SILENCE Will Embark on UK Tour in 2024
by Stephi Wild - Dec 11, 2023

Tara Theatre has announced that the late Abdul Shayek's production of Silence will tour the UK to Queen's Theatre Hornchurch, Curve Theatre Leicester, Birmingham Repertory Theatre and HOME, Manchester in Spring 2024.

The Royal Court Theatre Creates Digital Archive Allowing Open Access For All
by Stephi Wild - Nov 27, 2023

The Royal Court Theatre announced the launch of Living Archive, their first ever standalone online archive. The digital archive holds information on every play which has ever been presented on the Royal Court stages from when it opened its doors in 1956 to the present day, totalling almost 2000 works by over 1000 writers. 

10 NIGHTS Will Embark on UK Tour in 2024
by Stephi Wild - Nov 10, 2023

Phizzical Productions has announced the UK tour of Shahid Iqbal Khan's Olivier nominated play, 10 Nights! Audiences from four cities get to experience one man's spiritual journey of self-discovery after he decides to participate in Iʿtikāf - the Islamic practice  of a staying in a mosque and fasting for the last ten nights of Ramadan.

George Devine Award 2023 Shortlist Revealed
by Stephi Wild - Oct 23, 2023

The George Devine Award has announced its 2023 Shortlist of nine playwrights. Formed in 1966 in memory of the Royal Court's founding Artistic Director George Devine, the Award is recognised as one of the most prestigious in new writing and seeks to shine a light on a playwright of promise.

Adaptation of THE COLD WAR Comes to the Almeida Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Sep 20, 2023

Almeida Artistic Director Rupert Goold, directs Conor McPherson’s adaptation of Paweł Pawlikowski’s Academy Award-nominated Cold War, featuring music from the original film alongside songs by Grammy Award-winner Elvis Costello. Learn more about the performance and how to get tickets here!

The BBC's Youngest Political Correspondent, Ione Wells, Appointed Chair Of The Production Exchange's Board Of Trustees
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 21, 2023

The Production Exchange (TPE) welcomes the BBC's youngest Political Correspondent Ione Wells to its Board of Trustees as Chair. Ione replaces Baroness Angela Smith, the Leader of the Opposition in the House of Lords. Baroness Smith has chaired the charity through its first decade of activity as a champion, mentor and representative of a wide variety of creative practitioners.

Review: OF MICE AND MEN, Birmingham Rep
by Laura Lott - Mar 24, 2023

John Steinbeck's 1937 novel, set in California during the Great Depression, may be a period piece, but the parallels with current life in the UK are unmistakable. Dealing with themes of poverty, displacement, prejudice and the desperation for independence, Of Mice and Men makes a timely return to the Birmingham Rep stage in this new production directed by Iqbal Khan.

Photos: First Look at OF MICE AND MEN at Birmingham Rep
by Stephi Wild - Mar 22, 2023

Birmingham Rep have released first-look production images from their brand-new production of the stage adaptation of John Steinbeck’s classic novel, Of Mice and Men, which runs at The Rep until Sat 8 Apr 2023.