Aisha Josiah

Writer. Dramaturg. Producer. Mentor.

Aisha Josiah is a multi-disciplinary writer, producer and dramaturg from London, UK. Her work includes Dickless (Fundamental Theater Project), for which she received the 2017 Sir Peter Shaffer Award, Outsourced (Brick Theater) and Kindling (Etcetera Theatre). In 2009, Aisha received the North London Film Fund Award for her original screenplay Welcome to Neverland

Aisha has written for a variety of publications including Media Diversified, The Upcoming and Mouthlondon. Since 2014, she has served as editor of Fringebiscuit, the independent theatre blog.

Aisha is an alumna of Tisch School of the Arts at New York University, where she received a BFA in Dramatic Writing. She has also studied at the University of Ghana, the University of Paris, and has a postgraduate certificate in Playwriting and Dramaturgy from the University of Glasgow.

As a creator, Aisha enjoys disrupting familiar narratives, creating compelling antiheroes and laughing through grief. Her current interests include postmodern explorations of gender, identity politics and postcolonial narratives.