‘Jay and Paul are both serving life sentences for homophobic murders. Incredibly, they fall in love and seek permission to marry. Inspired by real-life events, Kiss Marry Kill is a provocative new play that reimagines the first same-sex wedding in a UK prison. With live music from rapper Lady Lykez, the production envelops audiences in the private spaces and conversations of a world rarely seen. Kiss Marry Kill zeroes in on the limits of our compassion, challenging our assumptions and preconceptions around sexuality, and the criminal justice system’ - Dante or Die

Bhai /bʌɪ/. Noun. A brother.

A friendly address for a man.

Bhai is a playfully dark dive into the intersections of movement and masculinity for brown men in Britain. What is the function of corporeality in the places where men seek brotherhood?

From prayer rituals and pints, gym culture and gender roles, Bhai uses physical theatre to caricature stereotypes and cultural hybridity - shining a light on the shadow of a man.

Using spoken word from the play Daytime Deewane by Azan Ahmed, Suitcases (Regent St. Cinema) explores an act of faith in an ever shifting landscape of luggage. The audience is invited to question one's positionality on migration and assimilation as we see the artist's physical position shift through contemplation and surrender. Suitcases brings to light the fluidity of identity and the complexities and contradictions in how one expresses identity as a British Muslim.

As an NYT associate artist, Hamza is also a member of NYT associate company The LAB. “The LAB is for multi-disciplinary Artists to experiment, research and create new work and approaches. Intergenerational and collaborative in leadership, we are process led; with a focus on deep enquiry and play.” The LAB - an experimental creative collective of NYT Associate Artists, industry makers and NYT Alumni, focused on artist development and shared practice.

Daytime Raves during the 80s and 90s were a huge liberation for British South Asians, giving young Desi’s an opportunity to skip school and rave to the hardest mixes from the best DJs around. Through a backdrop of these Daytimers and underscored by a different genre of DJ each performance, Discoballs and Dupattas (Camden People’s Theatre) follows a group of young wannabe ravers whilst they try and get their hands on the hottest tickets in town, all without any aunty or uncle ever finding out.

Hold Me [,] Back (Brixton House, formerly Oval House) is an original physical theatre piece which explores the taboos around physical contact in male friendships. Performed as part of the showcase Atmospheres:Experiences, the piece critiques attitudes of toxic masculinity by comparing gestures such as handshakes, arm-wrestles, hugs, press-ups and downing drinks.

Wavelength (Boilerhouse Theatre), was a devised dance theatre piece which incorporated themes of surrealism and the artistic style of Jasmin Vardimon. The narrative explored the detrimental physical and psychological effects of injuries on elite athletes. The process, spanning over two months, was a unique opportunity to develop a movement language that suited these aspects of the project. We looked at moving with restriction, moving in water, as well as how an athlete, in our case a swimmer, may move differently to non-athletes.⁣

An original devised physical theatre piece using the music from Public Service Broadcasting’s album 'The Race for Space'. The band combine indie/electronic music and spoken word audio clips to chart the rivalry between The Soviet Union and The USA in their quest to one-up each other in their various space exploits. With the same name, The Race For Space (Boilerhouse Theatre) uses this rivalry to explore the limits that people and nations push themselves to, both technologically and physically, when faced with competition.

Faux Woke (Mint Face Productions), written by Azan Ahmed and prformed by Dalila McFarlane-Martin. Worked online one-to-one directing the performer through a physical adaptation of an original spoken word text.

All You Need was an original devised verbatim piece that explored physical manifestations for the 7 Greek words for love; Eros, Philia, Erotoropia, Storge, Philautia, Pragma and Agape.