# Abdul Shayek

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Clarity of conviction with Abdul Shayek

Courageous, inspiring and enlivening are just some of the words we’d use to describe theatre director and arts leader, Abdul Shayek. We recorded this episode of Clearer is Faster at the height of urgent demands for racial justice, a pandemic and a looming crisis for the arts. So it felt even mor ...

Interview with Abdul Shayek, Artistic Director & Joint CEO at Tara Arts

In the following podcast, you'll hear the edited audio of Sienna’s live Instagram interview with Abdul Shayek, Artistic Director & Joint CEO at Tara Arts The interview covers Abdul’s entry into the creative industry, the work Tara Arts are planning to do, and a discussion around what the future ...

Jennifer Tang and Abdul Shayek on earning from your art unapologetically

Jennifer Tang, Associate Director & Genesis Fellow at the Young Vic, and Abdul Shayek, Artistic Director/Joint CEO of Tara Theatre & member of the Genesis Kickstart Fund Advisory Council, discuss all things money-related. They particularly focus on freelance artists, how they determine what thei ...

The Northern Voice: "I can be queer and muslim" - Ep. 5: South Asian Identity

From Om Shanti Om to It's Not About The Burqa. Is the idea of being ‘South Asian’ made up as a response to racism? Are South Asian stories stuck in nostalgia and too rooted in Islamophobia? And why IS car insurance so expensive in Bradford?   This week, we explore South Asian identity and theatr ...

Abdul Shayek

INTERVIEW: ABDUL SHAYEK. In August 2020, Abdul Shayek took over the reigns as Artistic Director of Tara Theatre. Following his first 18 months in the role, he talks to Anya Ryan about taking on the legacy of the pioneering South Asian company, and his continued plans to grow its presence both lo ...

Jacob Collier and Lizzy McAlpine, Abdul Shayek and Ishy Din, Threats to writers

Jacob Collier has won a Grammy Award for each of his first four albums. In fact, he has five Grammys altogether. He’s back home in London after his recent UK tour and has just brought out a new single, Never Gonna Be Alone. Jacob and his musical collaborators Lizzy McAlpine and Victoria Canal pe ...

S2 Ep9 - Learning from each other

First aired: 8 May 2020  Genuine diverse leadership has the potential for the audiences who are engaging with culture to see themselves, their narratives and histories, reflected in what they see and experience. This panel discussion includes arts leaders from the UK and Australia who participa ...

Arabian queens, Bangladeshi mothers and women's tales

Shahidha Bari looks at the voices of women emerging from new writing in novels, plays and histories. Zenobia, Mavia, and Khadijah are Arabian queens and noblewomen who feature in the new book by Emran Iqbal El-Badawi which looks at the way female rulers of Arabia were crucial in shaping the hist ...

”Trust Your Audience” w/ Ruth D’Silva, Ruby Kitching & Jaswinder Blackwell- Pal

Sitting down with 3 brilliant writers Ruth D'Silva, Ruby Kitching and Jaswinder Blackwell-Pal to dive into Theatre form writing, how to write nuanced stories and the scope of South Asian Theatre. In the episode we talk about:  The recent passing of Tara Theatre's Artistic Director Abdul Shaye ...