Production Title: Shells
Karim Khan is an award-winning playwright, screenwriter and director. His show Brown Boys Swim sold out at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2022, transferred to Soho Theatre and was later optioned by A24.
His latest work includes Sweetmeats (2026) at the Bush Theatre and Before the Millennium (2025) at the Old Fire Station. He has written episodes for All Creatures Great and Small, winning Best Debut at the Edinburgh TV Festival in 2023. He is currently writing an episode for Chocolate Wars (UKTV) and is working on new plays with the RSC, Royal Court and the National Theatre. In 2022, he was awarded the inaugural Pillars Artist Fellowship, supported by Riz Ahmed’s Left-Handed Films, and sponsored by Netflix and Amazon. In 2019, Karim graduated from the National Film and Television School’s MA in Screenwriting, where he received scholarships from Toledo Productions and Channel 4.