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SUHAYLA EL-BUSHRA
Suhayla El-Bushra is a screenwriter and playwright. She was writer in residence at the National Theatre where her adaptation of Nikolai Erdman’s The Suicide was staged in the Lyttelton. Other plays include Pigeons at The Royal Court; Cuckoo at The Unicorn; Arabian Nights at The Lyceum, Edinburgh; The Long Song at Chichester Festival Theatre; and The NW Trilogy at The Kiln.
She has written for TV drama series Hollyoaks; Becoming Elizabeth; and was a lead writer and executive producer on Ackley Bridge (C4/The Forge). She is currently working with C4 and Avalon Productions on a book adaptation, as well as developing various original series ideas. Her BFI funded feature film, BRIDES (Neon Films) is now in post-production.
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