Plays to perform

Sami Ibrahim

Sami Ibrahim

Sami Ibrahim is a writer from London. His plays include: Multiple Casualty Incident (The Yard Theatre, London, 2024); A Sudden Violent Burst of Rain (Paines Plough / Rose Theatre, Kingston / Gate Theatre, London, 2022); two Palestinians go dogging (Royal Court Theatre, London, 2022; winner of the inaugural Theatre Uncut Political Playwriting Award in 2019); Metamorphoses, co-written with Laura Lomas and Sabrina Mahfouz, after Ovid (Shakespeare's Globe, 2021); Wind Bit Bitter, Bit Bit Bit Her (2018 VAULT Festival, London); Iron Dome Fog Dome (The Yard, London, 2017) and Force of Trump (Brockley Jack).

He has worked at the Almeida Theatre as a member of their Creative Board, developing and producing From the Ground Up, a piece of immersive theatre.

(Author photo by Ali Wright)

two Palestinians go dogging
two Palestinians go dogging
A comedy that explores how the everyday becomes political and the political becomes everyday in a conflict zone.
Metamorphoses
Metamorphoses
An entertaining and provocative new play inspired by Ovid's powerful collection of myths.
A Sudden Violent Burst of Rain
A Sudden Violent Burst of Rain
A poetic fable for the stage, about an impenetrable immigration system that mirrors our own.
Wind Bit Bitter, Bit Bit Bit Her
Wind Bit Bitter, Bit Bit Bit Her
An enthralling monologue about love and loss.