New Work Festival:
Playwriting Workshop
with Emteaz Hussain

Join playwright and performance poet Emteaz Hussain for this in-depth workshop on writing your own play.

Emteaz is currently writing on Ackley Bridge and is under commission by the Royal Court Theatre for a play about the child sexual exploitation scandals in the North and Midlands, titled Trace. Her most recent works include a contribution to Nottingham Playhouse’s Still Life digital theatre project and the Royal Court’s ‘Living Newspaper’: Edition 2. Meanwhile her powerfully moving piece Strawberries garnered a special mention in reviews, whilst her adaptation of Alex Wheatle’s Crongton Knights, produced by Pilot Theatre, toured UK in 2020. Emteaz’s monologue Social Distancing was also one of Kali Theatre’s online season of ‘Kali Shorts’.

As a performance poet she has performed nationally and internationally and has toured with Transglobal Underground, Fundamental, Hustlers HC and as a backing poet with the Benjamin Zephaniah band. Emteaz works extensively as a workshop practitioner in both statutory and community settings, specialising in pupil referral units.

This workshop will run from 11am – 5pm, including a lunchbreak.

Age recommendation 18+