Afsaneh Gray Writer
Afsaneh is a playwright and screenwriter. She is currently under commission by Audible and her play GIVE A MAN A BIBLE was longlisted for the inaugural Paines Plough Women's Prize for Playwriting.
In 2018 Afsaneh won The Brian Way Award. Following a national call out for treatments on the theme of ‘Treaty’ to mark the Treaty of Versailles centenary, her play THE BORDER was commissioned by Theatre Centre and toured schools and venues in 2019.
Agents
Giles Smart Assistant Ellie Byrne [email protected] +44 (020 3214 0812
Credits
In Development
Production Company Notes UNTITLED COMMISSION Audible New commission as part of Audible's Emerging Playwrights Fund
GIVE A MAN A BIBLE *Longlisted inaugural Paines Plough Women's Prize for Playwriting *Recipient of Michael Grandage MGC Bursary
Television
Production Company Notes
United Agents | 12-26 Lexington Street London W1F OLE | T +44 (0) 20 3214 0800 | F +44 (0) 20 3214 0801 | E [email protected] DOCTORS BBC 2 x 30' 2020 UNTYING THE KNOT - TX date 30 Nov 2020 GOOD NEIGHBOURS - TX date Jan 2020
Theatre
Production Company Notes FULL LENGTH PLAYS
THE BORDER Theatre Centre / National Tour Dir. Natalie Wilson 2019 “A fun-filled allegory about freedom of movement” The Stage
OCTOPUS Assembly Box, Edinburgh Dir. Pia Furtado 2016 - 2017 Fringe/London transfer to “Raises the hairs on the Theatre503/UK Tour Spring 2017 back of your neck … laugh- out-loud funny” The Times
AND THE CROWD (WEPT) Tête à Tête Opera Festival, (work in progress showing) 2013 Riverside Studios, London “Both satirical and sad … surprisingly touching” The Guardian
SHORT PLAYS
THE FOOL ON THE HILL (IL Scuola di Teatro Paolo Grassi Milan, MATTO SULLA COLLINA) Italy 2016
PLAY 21 Paines Plough Roundabout/ 2016 Edinburgh Fringe
BATR, ZONE C Theatre503 / The State We’re In 2016
PLAY 11 Vault Festival / PLAY (People’s 2016 Choice Award)
EVERWEATHER Papercut Productions, XY/ 2014 Edinburgh/Latitude Festival
PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG V&A Late / Victoria & Albert Museum MAN, PROBABLY AN ARAB 2012
THE FAIRGROUND (MAN/ Theatre Delicatessen/ Bush Bazaar/ WALL, THE CAROUSEL, Bush Theatre FORTUNE TELLER) 2012
THE MARTIAN CABARET Blast Off! / Soho Theatre 2012
OLD BAG Rapid Write Rewind / Theatre503 1-week run of ‘best of’ RWR 2012 plays
United Agents | 12-26 Lexington Street London W1F OLE | T +44 (0) 20 3214 0800 | F +44 (0) 20 3214 0801 | E [email protected] Production Company Notes LOLA, OLD BAG, MAN X Rapid Write Response/ Theatre503 2012
SHEPPERTON ROAD Iso Productions/ Rosemary Branch (episodes 2 & 4) 2010
ENTER STRANGER Central School of Speech and Drama Co-written with Rosa Connor 2010
RATHER THAN WORDS Market Estate Demolition Event/ Iso Co-written with Rosa Connor COMES THE THOUGHT OF Productions HIGH WINDOWS 2010
Other
Production Company Notes RESIDENCIES & 2015 COURSES Invited participant Orange Tree Writers Collective, Orange Tree Theatre, London 01/08/14 – 01/08/15 2014 Associate Artist (with Paper Tiger, www.papertiger.org.uk ) Ovalhouse Theatre, London 2013 Invited participant Royal Court Studio Group (led by Leo Butler) 2013 Invited participant IdeasTap/Northern Film School Short Film Fund Bootcamp (led by Jennifer Granville)
United Agents | 12-26 Lexington Street London W1F OLE | T +44 (0) 20 3214 0800 | F +44 (0) 20 3214 0801 | E [email protected]