Uzma Hameed

Uzma Hameed is a British writer, director and dramaturge. A regular collaborator of choreographer Wayne McGregor, she was dramaturge on Woolf Works (Olivier Award), The Dante Project (South Bank Sky Arts Award), Obsidian Tear and Multiverse for The Royal Ballet, MADDADDAM for The National Ballet of Canada and The Royal Ballet, Autobiography, UniVerse: A Dark Crystal Odyssey and Deepstaria for Company Wayne McGregor, AfteRite and LORE for Teatro alla Scala (Danza&Danza Award). Other dramaturgy credits include Northern Ballet’s Victoria (South Bank Sky Arts Award), The Seven Deadly Sins and Mahagonny Songspiel for The Royal Opera and We Caliban for Shobana Jeyasingh Dance. UNDYING, a novel co-authored with her sister Ambreen Hameed, was published in 2021 (Bath Novel Award Longlist). Uzma graduated from Cambridge University with a First in Modern and Medieval Languages and founded The Big Picture Company, for which she wrote and directed A Dark River, Taj and Prophetess. As Associate Director at Derby Playhouse, her credits included Shirley Valentine, Dracula, Frankenstein and Friedrich Schiller’s Mary Stuart.