Waleed Akhtar
Waleed Akhtar is a writer and actor. His plays include: The Real Ones (Bush Theatre, London, 2024); The P Word (Bush Theatre, 2022); Kabul Goes Pop: Music Television Afghanistan (Brixton House, London, and tour 2022); Sholay on the Big Screen (Bush Theatre, London, 2021); and I Don't Know What To Do (VAULT Festival 2020, Evening Standard Pick of the Fest).
His English translation of Alexis Michalik's play The Art of Illusion was staged at Hampstead Theatre in 2022.
His short film Lost Paradise was produced by UK Film Council and he has contributed material for BBC Radio 4's Sketchtopia and Newsjack.
He was named Most Promising New Playwright at the 2023 OffWestEnd Awards.
Author photo by Dan Pick
A play inspired by the true story of Afghanistan's first youth music programme, exploring a world following the US in...
A sharp-witted and devastating play charting the parallel lives of two gay Pakistani men as they negotiate everything...
The award-winning French play, in an English translation by Waleed Akhtar, published alongside the premiere at Hampst...