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Theatre, Film and TV
Jessica Cooper
+44 (0)20 7393 4488
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Omar
El-Khairy
Writer for theatre and film.
For screen his work includes two feature projects with producer Dominic Buchanan, a feature with Elastic Films, and an original television drama with Firebird Pictures.
His plays include The Mob Reformers, Burst, Sour Lips, The Keepers of Infinite Space and The Chaplain and Homegrown.
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Theatre, Film and TV
Jessica Cooper
+44 (0)20 7393 4488
Email Jessica Cooper
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A psychological horror, written as part of the prestigious Old Vic 12, 2018.
A site-specific theatrical response to the phenomenon of young people leaving Britain to join Islamic State. The immersive piece explores the implications of radicalisation and extremism on the people and communities behind the headlines.
Homegrown was independently published in 2017.
Written as part of the Nabokov Latitude Festival's 'Reformation Nation' event uniting music, storytelling and spoken word on the dancefloor. DJ Sweetpea hosted by Deefa MC.
Written as part of the Come to Where I'm From London series.
Rahim lives in a peculiar state. When people approach him they see only his surroundings, themselves, or figments of their own imagination - indeed, everything and anything except him. But Rahim is no longer hiding from the world around him...
Part of a tryptic of short plays exploring acts of love, violence and revolution, challenging our notions of compliance and conformism.
A short play as part of 'Walking the Tightrope' at the 2015 Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
Saeed is a bookseller in Nablus, until one day he is arrested and thrown into gaol. As his future disappears, Saeed finds that the answer to his problems may lie in the past, and in the secrets his father has kept from him...
With three people, one room and a pool of unanswerable questions, we witness the human struggle to be satisfied with society and our lives in the 21st century.
DAMASCUS 18:00 - Amina was walking near Fares Al-Khouri Street when three armed men seized her. Amina's present location is still unknown.
An Ovalhouse Counter-Culture Commission.
Reaction piece to the play Charming Man by Gabriel Bisset-Smith.
A short play, as part of the 2010 Old Vic New Voices T.S. Eliot Exchange.
With the recession beginning to bite and the impending threat of mass layoffs, workers at the New Media plant find themselves caught up in a bitter struggle with their employers. Ashley decides to take matters into his own hands.
An independent nation rises from the rubble of a defeated colonial regime. A quixotic young Sudanese woman dreams of creating a better future. But her equally headstrong mother has other designs - and is hiding secrets of a turbulent past.
A grown-up fairytale of love and loyalty set in our world, but not just yet.