Sabrina MahfouzFRSL is a British-Egyptian poet, playwright, performer and writer from South London, England. Her published work includes poetry, plays and contributions to several anthologies.[1]
Mahfouz began her career in the Civil Service Fast Stream Programme, working with the Ministry of Defence and other departments. She left the Civil Service to concentrate on creative writing and won a Westminster Prize for New Playwrights in 2010 for her first short play, That Boy, which was performed at the Soho Theatre, London.
Mahfouz's poetry work and performances earned her a Creative in Residence Award in 2011 at The Hospital Club in London.She was invited to New York with the Old Vic New Voices TS Eliot exchange program in 2011 and later that year produced her first solo show, Dry Ice, which premiered at Underbelly during Edinburgh Festival 2011. Dry Ice was directed by David Schwimmer, receiving critical acclaim and a nomination for The Stage Award for Best Solo Performance. It later transferred to The Bush Theatre in London and Contact Theatre in Manchester.[3]
Her play One Hour Only was chosen by Old Vic New Voices and IdeasTap for their Edinburgh Award and played at the Underbelly in 2012. That year, she also wrote a short play called Clean for Traverse Theatre as part of The Breakfast Plays 2012, which won a Herald Angel Award. In 2013, Clean was commissioned as a longer piece and played at Traverse Theatre and Oran Mor in Glasgow, transferring to 59e59 Theater in New York during 2014.
Mahfouz was awarded a Sky Academy Arts Scholarship in 2013, allowing her to produce new poetry work which was collected in a book The Clean Collection, published by Bloomsbury.[3] The scholarship also enabled her to produce and write a new theatre show called Chef which played at Underbelly in 2014 and transferred to Soho Theatre in June 2015.
In 2016, Mahfouz had a short television drama piece called Breaking the Code produced by BBC3, BBC Taster and BBC Drama and the following plays written by her were produced in the UK and internationally: With a Little Bit of Luck (Paines Plough); SLUG (nabokov); the love i feel is red (Tobacco Factory Theatre); Caldarium (Theatre Uncut/Teater Grob); SLoW (KVS Brussels); Layla's Room (Theatre Centre) and Battleface (Bush Theatre).[citation needed]
Mahfouz has been a Playwright in Residence at the Bush Theatre; Poet in Residence at Cape Farewell, a Writer at Liberty for Liberty UK and a Global Shaper with the World Economic Forum.
Political views
In December 2019, along with 42 other leading cultural figures, Mahfouz signed a letter endorsing the Labour Party under Jeremy Corbyn's leadership in the 2019 general election. The letter stated that "Labour's election manifesto under Jeremy Corbyn's leadership offers a transformative plan that priorities the needs of people and the planet over private profit and the vested interests of a few."[6][7]
Books
Poetry
How You Might Know Me / Full Collection (Out-Spoken Press, 2016)
Craft of Use by Kate Fletcher / 1 Poem (Routledge, 2016)
^"Vote for hope and a decent future". The Guardian. 3 December 2019. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
^Proctor, Kate (3 December 2019). "Coogan and Klein lead cultural figures backing Corbyn and Labour". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
^Flood, Alison (28 June 2018). "Royal Society of Literature admits 40 new fellows to address historical biases". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
^"Edinburgh theatre 2014: what to see - The Telegraph Runcie.C & Barnett.L p.22 August 2014". Retrieved 3 November 2018.
^. Archived from the original on 10 November 2011.
External links
Official website.
February 20, 2023
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Sabrina Mahfouz FRSL is a British Egyptian poet playwright performer and writer from South London England Her published work includes poetry plays and contributions to several anthologies 1 Sabrina Mahfouz Contents 1 Education 2 Career 3 Political views 4 Books 4 1 Poetry 4 2 Playscripts 4 3 Fiction 4 4 Non fiction 4 5 As editor 5 Plays 6 TV 7 Film 8 Radio 9 Dance 10 Opera 11 Awards and honours 12 References 13 External linksEducation EditMahfouz earned a BA in English Literature and Classics at King s College London and an MA in International Politics and Diplomacy at SOAS University of London 2 Career EditMahfouz began her career in the Civil Service Fast Stream Programme working with the Ministry of Defence and other departments She left the Civil Service to concentrate on creative writing and won a Westminster Prize for New Playwrights in 2010 for her first short play That Boy which was performed at the Soho Theatre London Mahfouz s poetry work and performances earned her a Creative in Residence Award in 2011 at The Hospital Club in London She was invited to New York with the Old Vic New Voices TS Eliot exchange program in 2011 and later that year produced her first solo show Dry Ice which premiered at Underbelly during Edinburgh Festival 2011 Dry Ice was directed by David Schwimmer receiving critical acclaim and a nomination for The Stage Award for Best Solo Performance It later transferred to The Bush Theatre in London and Contact Theatre in Manchester 3 Her play One Hour Only was chosen by Old Vic New Voices and IdeasTap for their Edinburgh Award and played at the Underbelly in 2012 That year she also wrote a short play called Clean for Traverse Theatre as part of The Breakfast Plays 2012 which won a Herald Angel Award In 2013 Clean was commissioned as a longer piece and played at Traverse Theatre and Oran Mor in Glasgow transferring to 59e59 Theater in New York during 2014 Mahfouz was awarded a Sky Academy Arts Scholarship in 2013 allowing her to produce new poetry work which was collected in a book The Clean Collection published by Bloomsbury 3 The scholarship also enabled her to produce and write a new theatre show called Chef which played at Underbelly in 2014 and transferred to Soho Theatre in June 2015 Chef won a Fringe First Award 4 and was nominated for the Carol Tambor Best of Edinburgh Award the Brighton Fringe Award for Excellence and the Holden Street Theatres Adelaide Fringe Award 5 The performer was Jade Anouka who received The Stage Award for Acting Excellence In 2014 her play about free speech in Egypt was commissioned by and performed at The National Theatre by young people for the annual National Theatre Connections Festival In 2016 Mahfouz had a short television drama piece called Breaking the Code produced by BBC3 BBC Taster and BBC Drama and the following plays written by her were produced in the UK and internationally With a Little Bit of Luck Paines Plough SLUG nabokov the love i feel is red Tobacco Factory Theatre Caldarium Theatre Uncut Teater Grob SLoW KVS Brussels Layla s Room Theatre Centre and Battleface Bush Theatre citation needed Mahfouz has been a Playwright in Residence at the Bush Theatre Poet in Residence at Cape Farewell a Writer at Liberty for Liberty UK and a Global Shaper with the World Economic Forum Political views EditIn December 2019 along with 42 other leading cultural figures Mahfouz signed a letter endorsing the Labour Party under Jeremy Corbyn s leadership in the 2019 general election The letter stated that Labour s election manifesto under Jeremy Corbyn s leadership offers a transformative plan that priorities the needs of people and the planet over private profit and the vested interests of a few 6 7 Books EditPoetry Edit How You Might Know Me Full Collection Out Spoken Press 2016 Craft of Use by Kate Fletcher 1 Poem Routledge 2016 Out Spoken Anthology 2015 3 poems Out Spoken Press 2015 Playscripts Edit Layla s Room Methuen Bloomsbury 2016 With a Little Bit of Luck Methuen Bloomsbury 2016 New Monologues for Women edited by Geoffrey Colman 2 texts Methuen Bloomsbury 2016 National Theatre Connections Monologues edited by Anthony Banks 1 text Methuen Bloomsbury 2016 Audition Speeches for Black Middle Eastern and South Asian Actors edited by Simelia Hodge Dalloway 2 texts Methuen Bloomsbury 2016 Chef Methuen Bloomsbury 2015 National Theatre Connections Plays for Young People edited by Anthony Banks 1 play Methuen Bloomsbury 2014 The Clean Collection Methuen Bloomsbury 2014 Fiction Edit Here I Stand edited by Amnesty International 1 story Walker Books 2016 Non fiction Edit The Good Immigrant edited by Nikesh Shukla 1 essay Unbound 2016 As editor Edit The Things I Would Tell You British Muslim Women Write Saqi Books 2017 Plays EditNoughts amp Crosses 2019 Pilot Theatre The Things I Would Tell You co writer with Aliyah Hashanah Holder Nafeesa Hamid Aisha Mirza 2018 Traverse Theatre This is How It Is 2018 Fuel Theatre The Power of Plumbing 2018 Theatre Uncut Ziraffa Giraffa 2017 Little Angel Omnibus Beweep Outcast 2017 CSSD Offside co writer with Hollie McNish 2017 Futures Theatre Battleface 2016 Bush Theatre SLUG 2016 nabakov the love i feel is red 2016 Tobacco Factory Theatres With a Little Bit of Luck 2016 Paines Plough Layla s Room 2016 Theatre Centre Caladarium 2016 Theatre Uncut Teater Grob Chef 2015 Just for Laughs Theatricals 2014 P O P A Shop Selling Speech 2013 National Theatre Connections Disnatured 2013 Shakespeare in Shoreditch Clean 2013 Traverse Theatre One Hour Only 2012 Made From Scratch Theatre Old Vic New Voices Dry Ice 2011 SM 2012 Bush Theatre TV EditRailway Nation A Journey In Verse BBC TWO Blast Films We Belong Here BBC iPlayer The Space Breaking the Code BBC3 BBC Taster BBC Drama After The DG CBBC Film EditAlone Together BBC iPlayer Decapo Sabrina Mahfouz Spoken Word Sky Arts Radio EditPower Lines Presenter on Performance Poetry Documentary BBC Radio 4 A Century of Results Short Story BBC Radio 4 Shortworks With a Little Bit of Luck Radio Play BBC Radio 1xtra I Go to Her Wardrobe Short Story BBC Radio 4 Shortworks Dance EditRosalind James Cousins Company I Imagine Aakash Odedra Company The Dying Swan Royal Ballet Opera EditWoman at Point Zero Bushra El Turk Royal Opera House Snape Maltings Shubbak Paws amp Padlocks Kate Whitley Blackheath Halls I Am I Say Kate Whitley Multi Story Orchestra The Cruel Cut Kate Whitley Sancerre K Wilmslow Royal Opera House Awards and honours EditYear Award Result2018 Fellow Royal Society of Literature FRSL 40 Under 40 initiative 8 Elected2018 Radio Academy Award for Best Fictional Storytelling for A Century of Results Shortlisted2018 BBC Media amp Music New Audiences Award for Power Lines Shortlisted2018 Women in the Creative Industries Award for Inspiring Change Shortlisted2018 King s Art amp Culture Alumni Award Won2018 Off West End Award Best Production for Young People for Ziraffa Giraffa Won2018 People s Book Prize for The Things I Would Tell You Shortlisted2018 Broadcast Digital Awards for Best Supporting Digital for Ackley Bridge Snapchat Won2017 Grand Prix Literary Association Prize for The Things I Would Tell You Shortlisted2016 Books Are My Bag Reader s Choice Award for The Good Immigrant Won2015 The Arts Foundation Fellowship for Performance Poetry Shortlisted2014 Fringe First Award for Chef 9 Won2014 Carol Tambor Best of Edinburgh Award for Chef Shortlisted2014 Brighton Fringe Award for Excellence for Chef Shortlisted2014 Holden Street Theatre Award for Chef Shortlisted2013 Sky Academy Arts Scholarship for Poetry Won2013 Herald Angel Award for The Breakfast Plays including Clean Won2012 Old Vic New Voices Edinburgh Award Won2011 UK Young Artists Award for Point Blank Poets Won2011 The Stage Award for Acting Excellence Best Solo Performance for Dry Ice Nomination2010 Westminster Prize for New Playwrights for That Boy Won 2nd 10 References Edit Sabrina Mahfouz www sabrinamahfouz com Curtis Brown www curtisbrown co uk a b The Clean Collection Plays and Poems Bloomsbury Publishing Edinburgh theatre 2014 what to see The Telegraph Runcie C amp Barnett L p 22 August 2014 Retrieved 3 November 2018 Press www sabrinamahfouz com Vote for hope and a decent future The Guardian 3 December 2019 Retrieved 4 December 2019 Proctor Kate 3 December 2019 Coogan and Klein lead cultural figures backing Corbyn and Labour The Guardian Retrieved 4 December 2019 Flood Alison 28 June 2018 Royal Society of Literature admits 40 new fellows to address historical biases The Guardian Retrieved 3 July 2018 Edinburgh theatre 2014 what to see The Telegraph Runcie C amp Barnett L p 22 August 2014 Retrieved 3 November 2018 Sabrina Mahfouz Plays Page Archived from the original on 10 November 2011 External links EditOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sabrina Mahfouz amp oldid 1099624136, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
