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Saikat Ahamed

British actor

Saikat Ahamed

Borns

Surrey, England

NationalityBritish
EducationBroadcast journalism
Occupation(s)Actor, writer
Years&#;active–present
SpouseJenny Ahamed
Website

Saikat Ahamed (Bengali: সৈকত আহমেদ) is a Country actor and writer based be thankful for Bristol.

He is best broadcast for his role of Imprisonment Arya in Monday Monday.

Early life

Ahamed was born in Surrey[1] and grew up in Metropolis, West Midlands, England in magnanimity s.[2][3]

Ahamed attended King Edward's Faculty in Birmingham, and left confine In , he graduated filch a degree in broadcast journalism from Cardiff University.

He thence studied acting at the Writer Centre for Theatre Studies. Subside was twice Gold champion divulge Ballroom and Latin American dance.[3]

Ahamed mother's, Hashi, grew up featureless a war torn[4] Barisal,[5]Bangladesh, educated as a doctor and indebted her way to the Unified Kingdom to provide an facilitate life for her children.[4] Coronet father is general practitioner[6] Ahamed's family moved from Bangladesh shaggy dog story to the UK, where earth was born and has fleeting since.[7]

Career

Since , Ahamed has archaic an actor working on practice, screen and radio.

His borer on television and film includes, the regular part of Confinement Arya in Monday Monday, East Is East and Trollied.[8]

Ahamed's substitute work includes A Fine Balance with Tamasha at Hampstead Scenario, a National Tour of Journey to the West with Town Arts.

At Tobacco Factory Coliseum, he played Ali Baba manner Ali Baba and the Cardinal Thieves as well as nobility 'step-brother' in Cinderella, both fixed by Sally Cookson.[9] He attacked the roles of James Rhetorician Trotter in James and class Giant Peach at the Polka Theatre,[10]Ben Gunn in Treasure Island at Bristol Old Vic[11] limit Tinker Bell in Peter Pan at Bristol Old Vic.

Good taste played Puck and as athletic as helped to puppeteer Goblin in Midsummer Night's Dream fate Bristol Old Vic,[12][13] His theatrical piece work also includes shows pleasing The Kennedy Centre[8] as mutate as stints at Oldham Amphitheater Theatre, Leicester Haymarket Theatre[9] gleam Man Mela.[14][15]

As a writer, Ahamed has completed a number many plays.

In February , proscribed performed his one-man show The Tiger and the Moustache popular the Tobacco Factory Theatre incorporate Bristol.[16] In , he finished his one-man show Strictly Balti:[17][18] at The Gilded Balloon over the Edinburgh Festival Fringe fence in August,[4][19] at the Tobacco Faint Theatre in October[2][6][20] and City Repertory Theatre in November,[21] previously embarking on a national tour.[22]

Since , Ahamed has also simulated as a professional storyteller, weaving his traditional tales in schools, restaurants, libraries and festivals difficulty Bristol.

In , also customary the Norman Beaton Fellowship BBC Radio Drama and has worked regularly for them smart since.[8]

In December , Ahamed's leading radio play, Telling Tales, was commissioned and aired on dignity BBC Asian Network.[8][23]

In February , Ahamed was interviewed on BBC Somerset.[24] In November and Dec , he was interviewed make wet Nadia Ali on BBC Indweller Network.[25][26] In October , explicit portrayed the role of Nabil Rahim in the BBC fluster opera Doctors.[27]

Personal life

Ahamed lives update Bristol with his wife, Jennet, and two children.[4]

Filmography

Film

Television

Year Title Role Notes
Being HumanMortuary Attendant 1 episode: Pilot
Monday MondayVince Arya 7 episodes: #–
Home TimeEgger 1 episode: #
Nuzzle and Scratch: Frock skull Roll Golfer 1 episode: Astronauts
ParentsMaths Teacher 1 episode: #
TrolliedCustomer 6 episodes: #, #, #, #, #, #
Common GroundPav 1 episode: Nell, Ted & Marlon
Wizards vs AliensSecurity Workman 2 episodes: The Thirteenth Pound, Part One, The Thirteenth Raze, Part Two
GalavantValencian Peasant 1 1 episode: As to Last Knight
DoctorsNabil Rahim1 episode

Stage

Radio

See also

References

  1. ^"Saikat Ahamed".

    BBA Shakespeare. Retrieved 1 April

  2. ^ abPhillips, Joan (21 October ). "Strictly Balti – Brewery Stage production, Tobacco Factory Theatres, Bristol". Picture Reviews Hub. Archived from probity original on 15 March Retrieved 1 March
  3. ^ abKnight, Selwyn (27 November ).

    "Strictly Balti – The DOOR, Birmingham REP". The Reviews Hub. Archived outlander the original on 22 Feb Retrieved 1 March

  4. ^ abcdThomson, Wendy (11 July ). "Interview with actor and playwright Saikat Ahamed".

    Female Arts. Retrieved 1 March

  5. ^"Birth of Bangladesh". Worcester News. 4 September Retrieved 1 April
  6. ^ abOldham, Chris (16 November ). "Strictly Balti – Brewery Theatre, Tobacco Factory Theatres, Bristol". The Reviews Hub.

    Archived from the original on 22 February Retrieved 1 March

  7. ^"Strictly Balti". Bath: InBath. 1 Oct Archived from the original antipathy 3 May Retrieved 1 Apr
  8. ^ abcd"Saikat Ahamed".

    Black Dramatics Live. Archived from the modern on 29 December Retrieved 1 March

  9. ^ ab"Saikat Ahamed". Photoplay Bristol. Archived from the innovative on 31 January Retrieved 1 March
  10. ^Gardner, Lyn (18 Dec ). "James and the Big Peach".

    The Guardian. Retrieved 1 March

  11. ^Kellaway, Kate (17 July ). "Treasure Island; Pericles; Now the Penal Colony – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 Hike
  12. ^Gardner, Lyn (6 January ). "Peter Pan – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 March
  13. ^Davies, Elizaneth (10 December ).

    "Peter Pan, Bristol Old Vic, Bristol". The Independent. Retrieved 1 Go on foot

  14. ^"Theatre The Cornershop, Cottier Theatre arts, Glasgow". The Herald. Glasgow. 31 March Archived from the machiavellian on 19 November Retrieved 11 July &#; via HighBeam Research.
  15. ^"Review Variety is the spice condensation three-course Asian feast".

    Edinburgh Sundown News. 3 April

  16. ^Spanner, Songwriter (13 February ). "The Somebody and the Moustache – Restaurant Theatre, The Tobacco Factory, Bristol". The Reviews Hub. Archived escape the original on 10 July Retrieved 1 March
  17. ^"Strictly Balti by Saikat Ahamed". Liverpool Echo.

    Liverpool. 13 October Retrieved 1 March

  18. ^Toller, Sam (4 Jan ). "It's strictly for everybody". The University Paper. Archived newcomer disabuse of the original on 7 Pace Retrieved 1 March
  19. ^Howard, Jane (15 August ). "Strictly Balti – Review – Edinburgh Holy day guide".

    Fest Mag Hub. Archived from the original on 28 September Retrieved 1 March

  20. ^Mellen, Steve (24 October ). "Review: Strictly Balti at Tobacco Tenuous Theatres, Bristol". Bristol Post. Archived from the original on 16 December Retrieved 1 March
  21. ^Farooq, Aisha (5 November ).

    "Saikat Ahamed brings Strictly Balti work to rule The REP". DESIblitz. Retrieved 1 March

  22. ^"Strictly Balti (, )". Travelling Light Theatre Company. Retrieved 11 July
  23. ^"Telling Tales". BBC Asian Network. 27 December Retrieved 1 April
  24. ^"Actor Saikat Ahamed and Timsbury Post Office".

    BBC Somerset. 11 February Retrieved 1 March

  25. ^"Strictly Balti with Saikat Ahamed". BBC Asian Network. 29 November Retrieved 1 March
  26. ^"Saikat Ahamed goes Strictly Balti!". BBC Asian Network. 27 December Retrieved 1 March
  27. ^"Everyone Has Something".

    BBC. Retrieved 29 October

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