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EPISODE · Jun 1, 2026 · 25 MIN

Waleed Akhtar on The P Word

from Writing The Thing · host Shaun Kitchener

As the Olivier Award-winning The P Word returns to London's Bush Theatre, playwright Waleed Akhtar opens up on how he got into writing after starting out as an actor (via some wild advice from a former agent), how this particular banger of a play was put together, and what it was like to win at the UK's biggest theatre awards. Host: Shaun Kitchener Music: William Kitchener

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