Ready or Not
by Naylah Ahmed
Spring 2017
Ready Or Not was a response to the distortions and constant media feeding created by the so called war on terror. ‘In the 16 years since 9/11, so much has changed; paranoia has grown, the ‘us’ and ‘them’ rhetoric gathers pace, and 24/7 news coverage in the post-truth era now provides a soundtrack to our lives. The war on terror has left countries and peoples ravished with untold numbers of non-combatants killed – untold because they’re uncounted. Ready or Not explores these themes in a domestic setting where three characters deal with their own personal battles within this wider global context.’
– Naylah Ahmed
★★★★“Ready Or Not is a thought-provoking political thriller that questions our concepts of war and terror. ”
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★★★ “Ahmed has packed this play with ideas not just about the clash of civilizations but about motherhood, guilt, teaching and more.”
–Everything Theatre
★★★ “Ready or Not is an ambitious black comedy which thrives in its darker moments… the violence is gripping for its plausibility … Pat, is played as steely nerves coming undone by a superb Joan Blackham…. a story of grief and the latent fear of otherness… real and cutting observations of growing up Muslim in a country unhappy to see you” Joe-Vesey-Byrne, The Independent
“Ahmed’s neat inversion of terrorist tropes is inspired” FringeReview, RECOMMENDED SHOW
Joan Blackham received a nomination for Best Female In A Play from the Offies (the Off West End Theatre Awards)
Writer Naylah Ahmed
Naylah is an established writer for theatre, radio and TV. Prior to her playwriting and screenwriting career she was a radio drama producer with extensive experience of developing writers, ideas and story. She was the first Development Producer for BBC Radio Drama Birmingham and founding Script Editor on the award winning soap SILVER STREET (BBC […]
About the writerBIRMINGHAM
MAC – Midlands Arts Centre
5 – 6 April 2017
CANTERBURY
The Marlowe Studio
7 – 8 April 2017
LONDON
Arcola Theatre
11-29 April 2017
PLYMOUTH
Plymouth Drum
16 – 20 May 2017