Laila Alj
Laila is a London-based Moroccan actor and produc. She is also a steering group member of MENA Arts UK.
Theatre credits include: All’s Well That Ends Well (RSC), Hakawatis (Globe Theatre), Trouf/Scenes from *71 Years (L’Artisto/Centre Culturel Néapolis), French Without Tears (Orange Tree Theatre), A Night in Provence (Mill at Sonning), Ignorance (Hampstead Theatre).
Screen credits include: Landscapers (HBO), FBI International (CBS), Ten Percent (Amazon), Homeland (Fox), Casualty (BBC).
Radio include: French Like Faïza, Lullaby, Girls of Riyadh.

Hassan Abdulrazzak
Hassan Abdulrazzak’s plays include The Special Relationship (Soho Theatre, 2020), And Here I Am (Arcola Theatre, 2017 and touring), Love, Bombs and Apples (Arcola Theatre, 2016 and UK tour; Golden Thread, San Francisco, 2018 followed by a second UK tour; Kennedy Centre, Washington DC, 2019), The Prophet (Gate theatre, 2012) and Baghdad Wedding (Soho Theatre, London 2007; BBC Radio 3, 2008; Belvoir St Theatre, Sydney 2009; Akvarious productions, Delhi & Mumbai 2010). Hassan has translated numerous Arabic plays. He is the recipient of George Devine, Meyer-Whitworth, Pearson theatre awards as well as the Arab British Centre Award for Culture. www.abdulrazzak.weebly.com

Sepy Baghaei
Sepy Baghaei is an Iranian-Australian theatre director based in London. Selected credits include: As director: Sokhan Begoo (Royal Court); Habibti Driver (Octagon Theatre); Mycorrhiza, Little Women, Wilde Tales, and Citizen (The Space); Re: Memory (Old 505 Theatre); Grimm Tales (City of Sydney Library). As associate director: The Boy With Two Hearts (National Theatre/Wales Millennium Centre). As staff/assistant director: Manor (National Theatre); Once Upon A Time In Nazi Occupied Tunisia (Almeida); Welcome To Iran (Theatre Royal Stratford East/National Theatre); Reasons To Stay Alive (Sheffield Theatres/English Touring Theatre); Othello (English Touring Theatre); As You Like It (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre).