After a degree in Chinese studies at Oxford and studying for a PhD at Berkeley in California, Anders devised academic courses for prisoners in the UK and USA and taught drama inside prisons in both countries.

Currently on attachment at Soho Theatre and under commission from the Bolton Octogon, Anders also works as a political activist across the world.

THEATRE

A DAY AT THE RACISTS: a play about immigration and the British National Party, commissioned by the Soho Theatre, selected as part of the Central Lines rehearsed readings at Theatre Royal Stratford East t produced at the Finborough Theatre in March 2010.

'The real "wow" of the week is A Day at the Racists by Anders Lustgarten, a political activist turned breathtakingly confident playwright... A Day at the Racists is more than a match for Richard Bean's NT satire, England People Very Nice, and better than some of David Hare's state-of-the-nation plays.' Kate Bassett, The Independent

'Lustgarten has created the dramatisation of a hundred knitted-brow think pieces: the growing disaffection of Labour's core vote, namely the white working class, and the consequent lure of the anti-immigration far-Right.' The Evening Standard

BLACK JESUS: play about the current political situation in Zimbabwe, workshopped in Ignition at the Tristan Bates Theatre (2010).

THE PUNISHMENT STORIES: Had rehearsed readings at Hampstead and Soho Theatres - directed at Soho by Lisa Goldman. Shortlisted for the Verity Bargate Award 2007.

ENDURING FREEDOM: Produced at The Finborough directed by Roland Jaquarello (2008).

THE INSURGENTS: Produced at the The Finborough in September 2007.

THE POLICE: adaptation of the play by Slawomir Mrozek, directed by Chris Loscher, at the Battersea Arts Centre (2007).

A TORTURE COMEDY: a black comedy aboutextraordinary rendition. It had a rehearsed reading at the Actors' Centre in 2007, directed by Ken Christiansen of Operating Theatre Company with a cast including Ben Miller.