Writer
Ishy Din’s first radio play was John Barnes Saved My Life for BBC Radio 5 Live. Other credits include Life’s Like That for the BBC TV Brief Encounters strand, and Parking and Pakoras for local radio. His play Snookered toured the UK in 2012. Ishy was the 2012 Pearson Writer in Residence at the Manchester Royal Exchange. In 2013, he wrote the short film Perfume for Eclipse Theatre’s ‘10 x 10’ online project. In 2014 his monologue for Company TSU played in a double bill called Beats North at Edinburgh Fringe Fest and on tour and he took part in the Bush/Kudos new writing scheme. His most recent play, Approaching Empty, a co-production between Tamasha, The Kiln and Live Theatre, Newcastle opened at The Kiln in London in January 2019.