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Michael Bhim


Michael is an exciting young playwright who has worked with the Royal Court Theatre, the Soho, the Tricycle (as part of the Bloomsberg Writers Group) and Paines Plough (Future Perfect Scheme) and is a past winner of the Alfred Fagon Award. His play PURE GOLD was produced at the Soho last year to critical acclaim and he's currently working on various new theatre projects. Michael also writes for radio and is currently working with BBC and Kwame Kwei Armah.

Writing Credits

2008 C.U.T
Commissioned to write a new play 


CARRIBEAN UNTIY THEATRE

  UNTITLED COMMISSION
Commissioned to write a new play 


TIATA FAHODZI THEATRE COMPANY

  WRITER IN RESIDENCE
Understudy to Kwame Kwei Armah 


BBC RADIO

  EXIT SIGN
Performed at the Royal Court Theatre Ignition 1 event 


 

2007 PURE GOLD
Produced at the Soho Theatre
Directed by Indu Rubasingham


 

  SAVAGE LONDON
Performed at the Globe Theatre London 


 

2006 DISTANT VIOLENCE
Performed at the Tricycle Theatre to raise awareness of the plight in Darfur. DISTANT VIOLENCE received a Five Star review from the Financial Times, and a Four Star review from the Guardian. 


 

  CHARLIE
Performed at The Gardener Arts Centre, Brighton 


 

  ROCKET MAN
Public reading of work extract at Trafalgar Studios London. With Plaines Plough Theatre Company 


 

2005 THE BEACH
Performed at the Tricycle Theatre 


 

  DAYDREAMS OF HAILEY
Performed at the Royal Court Theatre 


 

  NIGHT MOVES
Performed at the Pleasance Theatre for a week long run. 


 

2004 A STATIC LAMENT
Performed at the Royal Court Theatre as a workshopped reading 


 


Awards
2007 MAYOR WHITWORTH NOMINATION

2007 WRITER ON ATTACHMENT SOHO THEATRE

2006 PAINES PLOUGH FUTURE PERFECT WRITER
A year long attachment to Paines Plough Theatre Company

2005 ALFRED FAGON AWARD
For most outstanding achievment by a writer of Caribbean decent.