Afsaneh Gray
Writer
Photograph: Credit Geraint Lewis
Film, TV & Theatre
Film, TV & Theatre
Afsaneh is a playwright and screenwriter. Her original drama THE OTHER WOMAN landed on Audible in December.
Afsaneh was one of three selected writers for the development phase of the Independent Film Trust's Elevate Writers Room. Her original TV comedy LULU THE EXTREMIST was selected for development from a pitch to a treatment and then a script through the UKTV Comedy 50:50 scheme.
She was recently on attachment at the National Theatre Studio and she is currently under commission to write a NT Connections play. Her play GIVE A MAN A BIBLE was longlisted for the inaugural Paines Plough Women's Prize for Playwriting and shortlisted for the Theatre Uncut Political Playwriting Prize.
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.
In Development
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
NEW PLAY COMMISSION | National Theatre Connections | |
GIVE A MAN A BIBLE | *Shortlisted for the Theatre Uncut Political Playwriting Award |
Television
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
SHAKESPEARE AND HATHAWAY | BBC | 1 x 45' DESTRUCTION, BLOOD AND MASSACRE - TX date TBC |
DOCTORS 2020 - 2023 | BBC | 7 x 30' |
Theatre
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
FULL LENGTH PLAYS | ||
THE BORDER 2019 | Theatre Centre / National Tour | Dir. Natalie Wilson |
OCTOPUS 2016 - 2017 | Assembly Box, Edinburgh Fringe/London transfer to Theatre503/UK Tour Spring 2017 | Dir. Pia Furtado |
AND THE CROWD (WEPT) 2013 | Tête à Tête Opera Festival, Riverside Studios, London | (work in progress showing) |
SHORT PLAYS | ||
THE FOOL ON THE HILL (IL MATTO SULLA COLLINA) 2016 | Scuola di Teatro Paolo Grassi Milan, Italy | |
PLAY 21 2016 | Paines Plough Roundabout/ Edinburgh Fringe | |
BATR, ZONE C 2016 | Theatre503 / The State We’re In | |
PLAY 11 2016 | Vault Festival / PLAY (People’s Choice Award) | |
EVERWEATHER 2014 | Papercut Productions, XY/ Edinburgh/Latitude Festival | |
PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG MAN, PROBABLY AN ARAB 2012 | V&A Late / Victoria & Albert Museum | |
THE FAIRGROUND (MAN/ WALL, THE CAROUSEL, FORTUNE TELLER) 2012 | Theatre Delicatessen/ Bush Bazaar/ Bush Theatre | |
THE MARTIAN CABARET 2012 | Blast Off! / Soho Theatre | |
OLD BAG 2012 | Rapid Write Rewind / Theatre503 | 1-week run of ‘best of’ RWR plays |
LOLA, OLD BAG, MAN X 2012 | Rapid Write Response/ Theatre503 | |
SHEPPERTON ROAD (episodes 2 & 4) 2010 | Iso Productions/ Rosemary Branch | |
ENTER STRANGER 2010 | Central School of Speech and Drama | Co-written with Rosa Connor |
RATHER THAN WORDS COMES THE THOUGHT OF HIGH WINDOWS 2010 | Market Estate Demolition Event/ Iso Productions | Co-written with Rosa Connor |
Other
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
THE OTHER WOMAN 2023 | Audible | Commission as part of Audible's Emerging Playwrights Fund |
RESIDENCIES & COURSES | 2015 2014 2013 2013 |