Zia Ahmed with Mohammad Ali Yunis, Casper Ahmed, and Sohail Hussain
Mohammad Ali Yunis, Casper Ahmed, and Sohail Hussain
Evie Manning, Iram Rehman, Sajidah Shabir, Rosema Nawaz, Mariyah Kayat, Madeyah Khan, and Maleehah Hussain
10 Sep 2021 - 17 Jun 2023
Common Wealth, Speakers Corner and Bradford Modified Club
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If ‘Islam’ comes from ‘peace’, how can you fear peace?
Peaceophobia is an unapologetic response to rising Islamophobia around the world. Part car-meet part-theatre, the show explores how you find peace in a world that tells you who you are.
Growing up in the shadow of the Bradford Riots, 9/11 and police harassment, cars and faith are a sanctuary, an escape, an expression for three Muslim Pakistani men. Ali, Sohail and Casper are taking control of the narratives around their religion, their city, and their cars.
Staged in a carpark with a Supra, a Golf and a classic Nova, Peaceophobia brings together cars and theatre with cinematic lighting and an original electronic sound score.
Conceived in Bradford and co-directed by young women from Speakers’ Corner Collective and award-winning theatre company Common Wealth, co-written by acclaimed playwright Zia Ahmed and Bradford Modified Club, in co-production with Fuel.
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Peaceophobia is supported by Without Walls, Bradford 2025, Co-Creating Change, Arts Council England, Paul Hamlyn Foundation, Pears Foundation, and Fenton Arts Trust. The R&D for Peaceophobia was supported by Blueprint: Without Walls R&D Investment Fund.
- Co-Created by Common Wealth, Speakers Corner and Bradford Modified Club
- Writers Zia Ahmed with Mohammad Ali Yunis, Casper Ahmed, and Sohail Hussain
- Directors Evie Manning, Iram Rehman, Sajidah Shabir, Rosema Nawaz, Mariyah Kayat, Madeyah Khan and Meleelah Hussain
- Designer Rosie Elnile
- Lighting Design Andy Purves
- Composition and Sound Design Wojciech Rusin
- Videographer & Video Editor Jack King
- Associate Designer & Inflatables Creator Rachel Schofield Owen, Soft Tissue Studio
- Choreography Support Lloyd Thomas and Himani Bhardwaj
- Voice Actors Merch Husey, Liz Simmons, and James Lewis
- Production Manager Rachel Bowen
- Graphic Designer Robert Scargill