Writer

Tajinder was Writer in Residence at BBC Manchester. He was also Writer in Residence at the West Yorkshire Playhouse from March-September 2004, a member of the Lime Pictures/Liverpool Everyman writers group from January-June 2007 and an Associate Writer with Peshkar Productions, Oldham from 2007 to 2009.

 

Theatre

YOU: THE PLAYER (West Yorkshire Playhouse/Look Left, Look Right Theatre Company) 2012

Participatory theatre piece performed as part of Transform 2012

Co-writer

 

ON TOP (Old Red Lion Theatre Company) 2012

Short play performed as part of REDfest 2012

Writer

 

1001 (Peshkar’s Youth Theatre) 2009

Writer

 

PASSENGERS (Oldham Coliseum/Peshkar’s Youth Theatre) 2008

Writer

 

MELA (West Yorkshire Playhouse/South Street /Drum Theatre) 2008

Writer

 

SIEGE (Crewe Lyceum/Oldham Grange Arts Centre/Blue Box Theatre) 2008

Performed in a partnership between Peshkar, Cheshire County Youth Theatre and Chorlton High School

Writer

 

HIP-HOPERATIC (Peshkar) 2007

Writer

 

IN THIS HOUSE (Cambridge Hotbed Festival) 2006

Short play

Writer

 

ANTELOPES (West Yorkshire Playhouse/Janus Project) 2006

Translation of Andreas Flourakis’s play

Translator

 

PLAYERS (West Yorkshire Playhouse) 2005

Performed as part of the Northern Exposure Showcase

Writer

 

BEFORE THE FIGHT (West Yorkshire Playhouse) 2003

Short play performed as part of the 2003 New Writing Festival

Writer

 

THE ARRANGEMENT (West Yorkshire Playhouse) 2003

Short play performed as part of the 2003 New Writing Festival

Writer

 

WAITING (West Yorkshire Playhouse) 2003

Short play

Writer

 

Television/Film

HULA GIRL

Documentary selected for the Student Film Festival London 2012

Narration co-writer

 

SEEDS (Screen Yorkshire) 2005

Short film funded by Screen Yorkshire and selected for the Leeds International Film Festival.

Writer/producer/director

 

KHIDHAAAR (BBC Northern Exposure)

Asian Soap Opera created through the Northern Exposure training scheme

Co-writer

 

Radio

ASK MINA (BBC Asian Network) to be broadcast 2012

Writer

 

WE’RE NOT GETTING MARRIED (BBC Asian Network) 2010

Writer

 

ID (BBC Radio 4) 2010

Afternoon play

Writer

 

IF YOU CAN’T STAND THE HEAT (BBC Radio 4) 2007

One episode of the Takeaway Afternoon Play series

Writer

 

THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY (BBC Radio 3) 2006

Broadcast as part of Writing the City

Writer

 

PEOPLE LIKE ME (BBC) 2003

Winner of The Spin and broadcast on BBC Radio Lancashire, GMR, BBC Radio Leeds, BBC Radio Merseyside, BBC Radio York and BBC Radio Sheffield.

Writer