DJW are excited to announce that Ishy Din has accepted our invitation to speak with our students online as part of our efforts to bring industry professionals closer to our actors.
Date: Thursday 11th March
Time: 6.30pm
Here is Ishy's IMDb link: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2258363/
Ishy is responsible for writing things like Channel 4's Ackley Bridge, Shakespeare & Hathaway, Brief Encounters, BBC Taxi Tales.
His play SNOOKERED was produced by Tamasha/Oldham Coliseum/The Bush and toured in 2012 taking in the Traverse Edinburgh and a 4 week run at the Bush Theatre, London. Ishy was the 2012 Pearson Writer in Residence at the Manchester Royal Exchange and in 2013 Snookered won ‘Best New Play’ at the Manchester Theatre Awards. In the same year, he wrote short film PERFUME for Eclipse Theatre’s ’10 x 10′ online project. In 2013 Ishy’s half hour standalone comedy drama DOUGHNUTS was broadcast on C4 as part of the ‘Coming Up’ season and short film OUR LAD was produced, directed by Rachna Suri, which was selected for multiple international festivals.
We can't wait to ask Ishy lot's of questions!
