Paines Plough Announces Full Tour Dates For Zia Ahmed's Debut Play I WANNA BE YOURS

Paines Plough and Tamasha have today announced the full UK tour dates for I WANNA BE YOURS. A tender, funny, lyrical play about finding love and holding onto it with everything you've got, I WANNA BE YOURS is the debut play from London Laureate and Roundhouse Poetry Slam Champion Zia Ahmed. In partnership with Tamasha and directed by former Paines Plough trainee director Anna Himali Howard, the play will tour to Canada Water, Barking, Luton, Whitehaven, Liverpool, Lyme Regis, Ventnor, Brighton, Bracknell, St Albans, Havant, Peterborough, Canterbury, Bordon, Tunbridge Wells, Guildford, Bolton, Middlesbrough, Banbury, Bromsgrove, Derby, Beverley, Doncaster, Maidenhead, Norwich, Lincoln, Manchester, Preston, Washington, Selby, Halifax and Berwick-upon-Tweed.

Ella is from Yorkshire. Haseeb is from London. They order a pizza. House red for Ella. Hot chocolate for Haseeb.

"I think I'm falling in love with you."

People and playlists. Christmas and Eid. Travelcards and Megabuses. London to Leeds.

Love is more than just a game for two. Especially when there's an elephant in the room.

Zia is from North West London. He is a London Laureate, having been shortlisted to be the Young Poet Laureate for London 2015/16. He is a former Roundhouse Poetry Slam champion. Zia was Paines Plough's Channel 4 Playwright in Residence 2016/2017.

Anna is a director and theatremaker. She was Paines Plough's Trainee Director in 2016. She is also an Alumni Artist at The Gate Theatre and an alumnus of the Birmingham REP Foundry.

Her work as a Director includes A SMALL PLACE by Jamaica Kincaid (Gate Theatre), ALBATROSS by Isley Lynn for NEW (RWCMD/Paines Plough/Gate Theatre), LIFE IS NO LAUGHING MATTER by Demi Nandhra (Birmingham REP/mac Birmingham), 20B by Jane English (Birmingham REP/CPT). As a theatremaker work includes MAHABHARAT/A by Anna Himali Howard and Zarina Muhammad (Camden People's Theatre), THE BEANFIELD by Breach Theatre (New Diorama, National tour 2016). Anna was Associate Director on FLEABAG by Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Drywrite/Soho Theatre international tour) and Assistant Director on OTHELLO, directed by Ellen McDougall (Shakespeare's Globe) and IN THE NIGHT TIME (Before the Sun Rises) by Nina Segal, directed by Ben Kidd (Gate Theatre).

I WANNA BE YOURS was developed with support from the Channel 4 Playwrights' Scheme.

A Paines Plough and Tamasha production
I WANNA BE YOURS
by Zia Ahmed
Direction by Anna Himali Howard

First performance: 16th October 2019
Opening Night: 19th October 2019

16th - 19th October 2019
The Albany Canada Water Hub, Canada Water
020 8692 4446
https://www.thealbany.org.uk/

21st October 2019
Studio 3 Arts, Barking
020 8594 7136
http://www.studio3arts.org.uk/

22nd October 2019
Luton Culture, Luton
01582 878100
https://www.lutonculture.com/

24th October 2019
Rosehill Theatre, Whitehaven
01946 692422
https://www.rosehilltheatre.co.uk/

25th October 2019
Unity Theatre, Liverpool
0844 873 2888
https://www.unitytheatreliverpool.co.uk/

28th October
Marine Theatre, Lyme Regis
01297 442394
http://www.marinetheatre.com/

29th October
Ventnor Exchange, Ventnor
01983 716767
https://ventnorexchange.co.uk/

30th October
The Old Market, Brighton
01273 201801
http://theoldmarket.com/

31st October
South Hill Park, Bracknell
01344 484123
https://www.southhillpark.org.uk/

1st November 2019
Trestle Arts Centre, St Albans
01727 850950
https://www.trestle.org.uk/

2nd November 2019
The Spring Arts & Heritage Centre, Havant
023 9247 2700
http://thespring.co.uk/

4th November 2019
The Key Theatre, Peterborough
01733 207239
https://vivacity.org/vivacity-venues/the-key-theatre/

5th November 2019
The Marlowe, Canterbury
01227 787787
https://marlowetheatre.com/

6th November 2019
Phoenix Theatre and Arts Centre
01420 472664
https://www.phoenixarts.co.uk/

7th November 2019
Trinity Theatre, Tunbridge Wells
01892 678678
https://www.trinitytheatre.net/

8th November 2019
Electric Theatre, Guildford
01483 501 200
https://electric.theatre/

11th November 2019
Octagon Theatre, Bolton
01204 520661
https://octagonbolton.co.uk/

12th November 2019
Middlesbrough Theatre, Middlesbrough
01642 81 51 81
https://www.middlesbroughtheatre.co.uk/

13th November 2019
The Mill Arts Centre, Banbury
01295 279002
https://www.themillartscentre.co.uk/

14th November 2019
Artrix, Bromsgrove
01527 577330
https://www.artrix.co.uk/

15th November 2019
Derby Theatre, Derby
01332 59 39 39
https://www.derbytheatre.co.uk/

16th November 2019
East Riding Theatre, Beverley
01482 874050
http://www.eastridingtheatre.co.uk/

19th November 2019
Cast, Doncaster
01302 303959
https://www.castindoncaster.com/

20th November 2019
Norden Farm, Maidenhead
01628 788997
https://www.norden.farm/

21st November 2019
The Garage, Norwich
01603 283382
http://www.thegarage.org.uk/

22nd November 2019
Lincoln Performing Arts Centre, Lincoln
01522 837600
https://www.lpac.co.uk/

23rd November 2019
The Edge, Manchester
0161 282 9776
http://www.edgetheatre.co.uk/

26th November 2019
The Continental, Preston
01772 499425
http://newcontinental.net/

27th November 2019
Arts Centre Washington, Washington
0191 561 3455
https://sunderlandculture.org.uk/our-venues/arts-centre-washington/

28th November 2019
Selby Town Hall, Selby
01757 708449
http://www.selbytownhall.co.uk/

29th November 2019
Square Chapel, Halifax
01422 349422
https://www.squarechapel.co.uk/

30th November 2019
The Maltings, Berwick-upon-Tweed
01289 330 999
https://m.maltingsberwick.co.uk/

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