Uzma Hameed

Uzma Hameed is a British writer, director and dramaturg. A regular collaborator of choreographer Wayne McGregor, she was Dramaturg on Woolf Works (Olivier Award), The Dante Project (South Bank Sky Arts Award), Obsidian Tear, and Multiverse for the Royal Ballet; MADDADDAM for the National Ballet of Canada and the Royal Ballet; Autobiography, Universe: A Dark Crystal Odyssey and Deepstaria for Company Wayne McGregor;  AfteRite-LORE for La Scala (Danza&Danza Award). Other dramaturgy credits include Northern Ballet’s Victoria (South Bank Sky Arts Award) and The Seven Deadly Sins/Mahagonny Songspiel for the Royal Opera. UNDYING, a novel co-authored with her sister Ambreen Hameed, was published in 2021 (Bath Novel Award longlist). Hameed graduated from Cambridge University with a First in Modern and Medieval Languages, and founded The Big Picture Company, for which she wrote and directed A Dark River, Taj and Prophetess. As Associate Director at Derby Playhouse, her credits included Shirley Valentine, Dracula, Frankenstein and Schiller’s Mary Stuart.

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