Sabrina Mahfouz has been called 'theatrical dynamite' byThe Independentand '[one of] our most interesting playwrights' by Lyn Gardner inThe Guardian. As a recent elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, she is a playwright, poet, essayist, children's author and activist whose work explores a variety of mediums in challenging and genre-defying ways.
Her first play collection brings together a unique mix of published and previously unpublished works for the stage, including a Off West End Award-winning play for children; a Fringe First award-winner; a BBC Radio & Music Best Drama award-winner and a Sky Arts Academy award-winning play.
From the explosive poetic monologue playChefto the rhythmic drive ofWith a Little Bit of Luck,this collection fizzes with infectious lyricism that captures Mahfouz's work for the stage in a variety of different forms, proving that contemporary theatre remains boundless in terms of its ability to spark debate and move audiences.
Sabrina Mahfouzhas recently been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and is the recipient of the 2018 King's Alumni Arts & Culture Award. She has won a Sky Arts Academy Award for Poetry, a Westminster Prize for New Playwrights and a Fringe First Award for her playChef.Her playWith a Little Bit of Luckwon the 2019 Best Drama Production at the BBC Radio & Music Awards.She also writes for children and her playZeraffa Giraffawon a 2018 Off West End Award.
Sabrina is the editor ofThe Things I Would Tell You: British Muslim Women Write, a 2017 Guardian Book of the Year and the forthcomingSmashing It: Working Class Artists on Life, Art and Making It Happen.She's an essay contributor to the multi-award-winningThe Good Immigrantand is currently writing a biopic of the rapper and producer Wiley, for Pulse Films.
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