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Shamshad Khan
decibel | Summer 07
Benji Reid
Chanje Kunda
Cheryl Martin
Clement Cooper
Dinu Li
Donna Berry
Halima Cassell
J Chuhan
Jim Parris
Juliet Ellis
Junko Mori
Kuljit Chuhan
Kwong Lee
Leila Romaya
Levi Tafari
Marcus Hercules
Michelle Udogu
Miso'shi
Nina Edge
Rakesh Joshi
Segun
Shamshad Khan
Sonia Hughes
SuAndi
Suki Chan
Sundar Kanta Walker
The Singh Twins
Image: Shamshad Khan portrait
Anwen Lewis
Adeyinka Olushonde
Nadeem Baghdadi
Rajeev
Balasubramanyam
Sumit Sarkar

Born 1964, Leeds
Poet

Artist's statement

Poet and performer
using words to move myself
from where I am to somewhere else
and taking the audience
with me sometimes


A selection of performances/ readings:

Megalomaniac, verse theatre show, launched Greenroom, Manchester, October 2004 and toured UK 2004 and 2005
Hard Cut, a poetic monologue, toured UK and internationally including Bones international conference of women performers, Berne Switzerland and India (Mumbai and Chenai 2006).


Published works

Published in a number of anthologies including Healing Strategies for Women at War (Crocus 1999), The Fire People (Payback Press 1998). New collection of her work, Megalomaniac published by Salt Publishing (www.saltpublishing.com), June 2007 including the title piece, Megalomaniac, Hard Cut and other poems.


Contact details

Shamshad Khan

Email: shamshadkhan27@googlemail.com

 

 


Shamshad Khan. Photo: Sue Foxe
Image: Megalomaniac book cover
Megalomaniac Book Cover, Photo: Salt Publishing, www.saltpublishing.com and Performance of Megalomaniac at decibel Showcase (2005). Photo: Lets Go Global
Image: Megalomaniac performance 2005