Khadija is 18

Playwright Shamser Sinha has been a writer on attachment with the Royal Court Theatre, where he wrote Storm, and was commissioned by ANGLE as writer-in-residence to write Chicken N' Chips. He works a lecturer in Sociology and Youth Studies and has spent the past ten years doing research and youth work with young asylum seekers and vulnerable teenagers in London.

"Sinha has a command of the combative staccato rhythms and jabbing wit of streetwise city youth vernacular, and an instinct for dramatic structure... There’s a tenderness and flair at work here that makes the familiar something special." - London Times"A bracing blast from the immigration frontline…a terrific full-length professional playwriting debut." - Evening Standard"A lively, vivid piece of writing." - Guardian"There’s an admirable honesty in this script." - Daily Telegraph