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Editorial Profile

Tasmin Jahan

Playwright, Writer, Director

British

The Profile

Biography

Tasmin Jahan is a British Asian playwright and the writer-director of the online British soap opera Crossing the Line. A prolific dramatist, she has written more than 500 full-length and short plays, with readings and productions in the United Kingdom and overseas, including the United States and Hong Kong.

In 2022 she completed a “365 plays in 365 days” project, writing one short play for every day of the year; Crossing the Line was born out of that project.

She is a member of Actors & Writers London and the Bread & Roses Theatre in London, a member of Fierce Backbone Theatre in Los Angeles, and a P.A.G.E.S. playwright in New York.

A Life in Work

Career timeline

  1. 2022Award
    SHE Awards UK — Arts & Culture (Finalist)
  2. 2020Award
    The Writing Like You're Running Out of Time Award (Permafrost Theatre Collective, New York)

By the Numbers

Career in brief

2020–2022
Years Active
2
Awards