Cosh Omar

As well as working extensively throughout the industry as an actor, both on screen and stage, Cosh Omar was Writer-In-Residence at the Theatre Royal Stratford East. His first play, 'THE BATTLE OF GREEN LANES', had a very successful run having launched the opening season of the new Artistic Directorship and was published by Oberon Books as well as being Time Out Magazine's Theatre Critics' Choice. His short story, 'SON OF A HOCA', was a winning entry for the Decibel Penguin Prize and was published by Penguin Books in the anthology, 'FROM THERE TO HERE'. His essay, 'REBEL WITH A CAUSE: A PERSONAL JOURNEY FROM SUFISM TO ISLAMISM AND BEYOND', was published in the United States by Palgrave Macmillan in the book, 'THE OTHER MUSLIMS: MODERATE AND SECULAR'. His follow-up play for the Theatre Royal Stratford East, 'THE GREAT EXTENSION', proved to be an equal success and was also published by Oberon books as well as, once again, being Time Out Magazine's Theatre Critics' Choice.