Rabiah Hussain (GB)

is a playwright, poet and performer. She lives and works in London, UK.
Her short plays and monologues have been part of several theater programmes (The Bunker Theatre, RADA, Bechdel Theatre, Take Back Theatre and Three Pegs Productions).

Rabiah’s full-length play SPUN debuted successfully at the Arcola Theatre in 2018. It toured Canada in 2019 and won the German Youth Theatre Award Baden-Württemberg in 2020.
In 2019, Rabiah was commissioned by Royal Court Theatre and held the Kudos TV Fellowship, developing several TV projects. Her most recent piece WORD PLAY was created as a second commission for Royal Court (premiering in 2023).

Her work has been published in an anthology by The Asian Writer. In addition to her creative work, Rabiah has contributed opinion pieces to The Guardian, Huffington Post Blog, Exeunt Magazine, Burnt Roti, The F-Word, Gal-Dem, and Wales Arts Review.