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Hannah is currently writer in residence at the Globe. Her new play Hakawatis - a retelling of 1001 Nights that is definitely not for children opens on 1 December 2022 in the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, while her adaptation of Hans Christian Anderson's The Fir Tree returns to the main stage at the Globe for families to enjoy this Christmas from 15 - 31 December 2022.

Hannah is also a Creative Fellow of the Samuel Beckett Archive for 2021/2022.

Hannah was named Heimbold Chair of Irish Studies at Villanova University, Spring 2021.

The first anthology of her work Hannah Khalil Plays of Arabic Heritage is published by Methuen (pictured).

Current work includes Myths and Adventures from Ancient Greece, featuring four Greek myths adapted into online puppet shows and brought to life by Peyvand Sadeghian, Ian Nicholson and Sam Wilde (pictured above). They are available on the Watermans Arts Centre YouTube.

Other recent work includes Hannah's adaptation of Shakespeare and Fletcher's Henry VIII which played at Shakespeare's Globe in 2022, a new play for the students of Central School of Speech and Drama called The Censor or How to Put on a Political Play without being fined arrested and Mrs Scrooge a short interactive festive play is available to watch online now - commissioned by Fly High Stories and produced by Sarah Gain Productions.

In November, Hannah's new version of Ovid's Penelope was live as part of 15 Heroines for the Jermyn Street Theatre.

Hannah was due to have two plays opening in London in Spring 2020, A Museum in Baghdad at The Kiln after an initial run at the Swan Theatre at the Royal Shakespeare Company. In addition, the world premiere of Sleepwalking at Hampstead Theatre - unfortunately both were cancelled due to COVID.

In 2019 Hannah was commissioned as part of the Arab British Centre and Dr Johnson’s House exhibition 'London’s Theatre of the East' about Arabs in Elizabethan and Johnson’s Britain. Her piece - Margaret White and the Alcoran of Mahomet formed part of the exhibition that ran at Dr Johnson’s House in London from November 2019 to February 2020.

Previous work includes Interference at National Theatre of Scotland, The Scar Test at Soho Theatre and Scenes from 68* Years directed by Chris White which ran at the Arcola in Dalston to critical and audience acclaim. It was nominated for the James Tait Black award.

Scenes has subsequently been produced at Golden Thread Theatre in San Francisco (April 2019) and it had a Tunisian production, called Trouf, directed by Chris White and Ghazi Zagbani which was performing at theatres across Tunis in autumn and winter 2019, and continues to be performed in rep (supported by British Council Tunisia and AFAC and produced by Alia Al Zougbi).

Radio plays include The Unwelcome, Last of the Pearl Fishers and The Deportation Room all for BBC Radio 4. Television work includes multiple episodes of the Channel 4 drama Hollyoaks.

Hannah was Writer on attachment at the Bush Theatre as part of Project 2036 from 2016-2017. She was awarded The Arab British Centre's prize for Culture 2017, and is under commission to The Kiln, Soho Theatre, Golden Thread in San Francisco, Shakespeare's Globe, The RSC and Fishamble Dublin, as well as developing new original dramas for television.