Hannah
Khalil

Palestinian-Irish writer

Hannah is currently under commission to write new work for Shakespeare's Globe, Chichester Festival Theatre, The Kiln and Golden Thread San Francisco. She is also working on an original series for a major SVOD.

Her work for stage includes A Museum in Baghdad, which opened at the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Swan Theatre in 2019 directed by Erica Whyman, Interference for The National Theatre of Scotland, The Scar Test for Soho Theatre and Scenes from 68* Years for the Arcola. Scenes from 68* Years was nominated for the James Tait Black award and has subsequently been produced by Golden Thread Theatre in San Francisco and in Tunisia production (supported by British Council Tunisia and AFAC and produced by Alia Al Zougbi). 

Alongside her theatre work, Hannah has written numerous radio plays, including The Unwelcome, Last of the Pearl Fishers and The Deportation Room all for BBC Radio 4. Television work includes multiple episodes of the Channel 4 drama Hollyoaks. 

Hannah's first short film, The Record, won the Tommy Vine screenplay award at the Underwire film festival, and went on to be made. It was selected at London Palestine Film Festival and Almagro Festival as well as Filmets Badalona. It was a finalist in the Tolpuddle Radial Film Festival. 

Hannah has been named 2021 Charles A. Heimbold Jr. Chair of Irish Studies at Villanova University, Philadelphia. 

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Perhaps the most powerful and economically written play of the three, Khalil’s 40-minute drama ... leaves us with a feeling of near-despair at the prospect of a world in which every kind of human experience can be destroyed, then artificially recreated at a price.

The Scotsman
on Interference: Metaverse

Wickedly funny and heartbreaking.

David Ralf
The Stage on Scenes From 68* Years

A remarkable piece of writing made outstanding by a dynamic production. 

Dave Fargnoli
Exeunt Magazine on Scenes From 68* Years

CV

Television

Writer 

Hollyoaks
3 x 30'
Producer Emily Gascoyne
Lime Pictures for E4

Theatre

Writer 

Myths and Adventures From Ancient Greece
Director Ian Nicholson
Watermans Arts Centre
The Censor
Producer Sarah Davey Hull
Central School of Speech and Drama
Not The Gingerbread Man

A downloadable play for children to perform at home.

Fly High Stories
Penelope - part of 15 heroines
Director Tom Littler
Jeremyn St Theatre
The Message
Director Elizabeth Newman
Pitlochry (Shades of Tay)
The Hakawatis
In development.
The Globe Theatre
Sleepwalking
Director Audrey Sheffield
Hampstead Theatre
A Museum in Baghdad
Director Erica Whyman
The Swan Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company
Interference: Metaverse
Director Cora Bissett
National Theatre of Scotland
The Scar Test
Director Sara Joyce
Untold Arts / Soho Theatre
Scenes From 68* Years
Shortlisted for the James Tait Black Award
Director Chris White
Alia Alzougbi / Arcola Theatre
Bitterenders
Director Manijeh Mohamedi
Z Space/ Golden Thread's ReOrient Festival San Francisco
Bond of Love - Walking the Tightrope
Director Kirsty Housley
Theatre Delicatessen as part of Theatre Uncut
Worst Cook in the West Bank
Director Diyan Zora
Old Red Lion, London and Unity Theatre Liverpool
Plan D
nominated, Meyer Whitworth Award
Director Chris White


Tristan Bates Theatre
Leaving Home
Director Pia Furtado
The King's Head, London

Radio

Writer 

The Unwelcome
Director Mary Peate
Production Company BBC
Broadcaster BBC Radio 4
The Last of Pearl Fishers
Director Nandita Ghose
Production Company BBC
Broadcaster BBC Radio 4
The Deportation Room
Director Mary Peate
Production Company BBC
Broadcaster BBC Radio 4