Waleed Akhtar

Playwright, Writer

    About Waleed Akhtar

    Waleed is an award-winning writer and actor.  He won an Olivier for Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theater for his play The P Word, and Most Promising Playwright at The Off West End Awards for Kabul Goes Pop: Music Television Afghanistan. He is also a recipient of a MGC Futures bursary, the Peggy Ramsey Foundation / Film 4 Playwrights’ Scheme, and was selected for the BBC Spotlight initiative. He wrote episode 5 of The Road Trip for Paramount + and his short Lost Paradise was produced by the UK Film Council and played in festivals across Europe. He is currently in development on a number of TV projects and has commissions with the Unicorn, Almeida, and is on attachment at the Royal Court. 

     

    For acting enquiries, please contact The Artists Partnership. 

    In Development

      • Production
      • Company
      • Notes
      • THE P WORD
      • House
      • Original Pilot Adaptation
      • LATE TO THE PARTY
      • Sid Gentle
      • Original Pilot
      • CRIME IDEA
      • Bonafide
      • Original Treatment
      • ISLAMSPRINGER
      • Daddy's Superyacht
      • Original Pilot

    TV

      • Production
      • Company
      • Notes
      • THE ROAD TRIP
      • Paramount+
      • Ep 5 Writer
      • FAMALAM
      • BBC Studios Comedy
      • Season 4 Contributor

    Film

      • Production
      • Company
      • Notes
      • LOST PARADISE
      • UK Film Council/ B3
      • Writer / Director

    Theatre

      • Production
      • Company
      • Notes
      • THE REAL ONES
      • Bush Theatre
      • ★★★★ “Funny, heartfelt and brutally honest… a bittersweet love letter to platonic friendship” - London Theatre
        ★★★★ - Broadway World
        'cements Akhtar’s standing as a fearless writer with oodles of talent and bravura' - The Guardian
      • THE ART OF ILLUSION
      • Hampstead Theatre
      • Translator
      • THE P WORD
      • Bush Theatre
      • Winner: Olivier Awards 2023, Outstanding Achievement in Affiliate Theatre
        ★★★★★ “Tremendous. Devastating. Plays like this are rare.” Time Out
        ★★★★ “Irresistible. Bewitches with hope, romance and heart.” Guardian
      • KABUL GOES POP: MUSIC TELEVISION AFGHANISTAN
      • Brixton House / High Tide
      • Winner: Offies, Most Promising Playwright
        ★★★★★ New European
        ★★★★ “Pulses with energy” - The Stage

    Audio

      • Production
      • Company
      • Notes
      • MRS BIBI
      • Audible
      • Original Play
      • SKETCHTOPIA AND NEWSJACK
      • BBC Radio 4
      • Various Sketches and Gags