Ishy Din

Playwright-Screenwriter- rep:

[Ishy Din @IshyDin]

@PhilipRalph9 @SaimaMir woh bejara

[Orange Tree Theatre @OrangeTreeThtr]

🔊 SVARANA OF TANGA

A powerful sound installation in Richmond inspired by Multicultural Richmond. Follow one woman's journey from India to the UK via Tanzania as she reflects on migration, marriage, ageing and belonging.

🔗 https://t.co/2JPPHtSox1

[Live Theatre @LiveTheatre]

Be quick to snap up your tickets for our #UnearthedFestival show 'Mam, Me, Mia' playing here this Fri 10 July, 7.30pm.

Through the lens of three generations Mam, Me and Mia navigate romantic connections, sexual revolutions and the closest bond two humans can have - mother daughter relationships.

Book now at https://t.co/R9pTAorKnO

[Live Theatre @LiveTheatre]

Check out this @ArtsPro article to learn more about A Week In The Life of our Senior Creative Associate Becky Dawson as see runs through a typical wk in the life of delivering free creative activity for children and young people in the NE!
Read it at https://t.co/XK7G52ESy3

[Dr Louise Powell @louise__powell]

If you're at @NewcastleDogs tomorrow for the first rounds of the Northern Flat or the Angel of the North, you can also drop by to hear me talk about my flapping novel UNDERDOGS. I'll be signing & dedicating copies via @ForumBooks, too!
Tickets at:
https://t.co/xQDelp9oqD

[Live Theatre @LiveTheatre]

A landmark North East story returns to the stage. ♥️

This powerful new adaptation of Our Friends in the North will star Ryan Nolan as Nicky, Samantha Neale as Mary, Jack Robertson as Tosker, and Scott Turnbull as Geordie 🎭

📅 Thu 15 - Sat 24 Oct 2026
🎭 A Live Theatre, @jamieeastlake and @TheatreRoyalNew production

Book now at https://t.co/DncQ4aG4qt

[paul hodgson @flipskie]

Good news: the release date of my next book, Forever Boro: 50 Years of the History of Middlesbrough FC, is 15th August.

Many thanks to both David Hodgson and Jim Platt for their help with this.

By sheer chance, Darlington gets several mentions as well.

[Ishy Din @IshyDin]

@louise__powell @Star_Pelaw Congratulations Louise👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[Live Theatre @LiveTheatre]

This Sun 5 Jul, 5pm come join us for our #UnearthedFestival show 'Ulcers' by @bethmullen
This dramatic reading performed by @ChrisConnel & @Berrimandawson asks the question - How much of your life do you give up for an ill child?
Tickets £6 - £10 at https://t.co/q3c319xYxW

[Taj Ali @Taj_Ali1]

My new book on the history of British South Asian political activism is available to pre-order now!

Get 30% off on the Manchester University Press website by using the discount code SAHM30.

#SouthAsianHeritageMonth

[Stewart Pringle @stewartwpringle]

Incredibly thrilled to announce my new play BROCK'S MILL will open @theRSC next spring, directed by Rufus Norris. It features stop-motion animation, badgers, a haunted wood & MORE BESIDES! It's the most ambitious thing I've ever attempted so please come! https://t.co/Fj3mUc8YCi

[Live Theatre @LiveTheatre]

We're delighted to be hosting 'A Play For Breakfast' again as part of our #UnearthedFestival line up

Artists & theatre lovers alike are invited to join Live’s creative team for breakfast in the Undercroft, to read a play together as a group over free drinks & pastries.

Join us at 10.30am on:
Fri 3 Jul to read 1536 by Ava Pickett
Fri 10 Jul to read Scenes From A Friendship by Jane Upton

FREE - Must book at https://t.co/uYRMu1IRLm

[Live Theatre @LiveTheatre]

Tonight Tue 30 Jun, 7.30pm is the first show of our #UnearthedFestival
Come join us for Mother? written & performed by @rachelstocky
This ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ reviewed new show looks into the world of motherhood in the NE offering laughter and honesty.
Cabaret tickets only £10 - snap them up asap at https://t.co/8A62hzVYC3

[Taj Ali @Taj_Ali1]

South Asians are not a monolith.

In Britain, there are Pakistani landlords exploiting Pakistani tenants. And Indian bosses exploiting Indian workers.

Understanding class divides within South Asian communities is crucial.

[Live Theatre @LiveTheatre]

Another great review in for 'Mother?' by @rachelstocky here this coming Tue 30 Jun, 7.30pm as part of our #UnearthedFestival
@nevolume say "Funny, fearless and deeply honest, Mother? dismantles myths surrounding parenting while embracing all its complexity, contradiction and messy humanity."
Read it in full at https://t.co/uKuz4jtrrB & then get your tickets at https://t.co/8A62hzVYC3

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

Dear writers, we need your imagination, your narrative creativity and your lively thinking. We need these to create spaces of freedom and authenticity, within which divine grace can make the promise of consolation and peace resound. https://t.co/FEmCrdQ392

[Live Theatre @LiveTheatre]

Check out these production shots for Mother? written & performed by @rachelstocky playing here next Tue 30 Jun.
They say it takes a village… so where the f**k are the villagers?!?
Don't miss this new play to hear stories about the frustrations, fears & victories of being a Mam today.
See more pics, find out more & book at https://t.co/8A62hzVYC3

Photographs taken by Wycombe 89

[Live Theatre @LiveTheatre]

This Thu 25 Jun, 7.30pm, join us for Kanpur:1857.
This ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐award winning, darkly comic satirical play follows a young Indian rebel strapped to a cannon who is forced to answer to a pompous British officer following the bloody 1857 Indian Uprising.
Find out more & book at https://t.co/NbwyQXMKou

[Live Theatre @LiveTheatre]

What a pleasure & an honour to have Christopher Eccleston read 'The Name Of That Song' by Peter Flannery with direction by Jack McNamara for four performances this weekend ahead of the stage version of our co-production 'Our Friends In The North' @TheatreRoyalNew 15-24 Oct!
Celebrating 30 years since Our Friends in the North became one of the defining British television dramas of its era. This bold new production focuses on a defining chapter of the original story - funny, tender & unflinchingly political. If you've not got yor tickets yet, snap them up asap at https://t.co/DncQ4aG4qt