Maimuna Memon

For the National:

Training

Maimuna Memon trained at the Oxford School of Drama.

Theatre

For the National Theatre: The Grapes of Wrath and Standing at the Sky’s Edge (also Sheffield Theatres)

As songwriter/composer: Portia Coughlan and Nine Lessons and Carols at the Almeida; Manic Street Creature for Paines Plough and Southwark Playhouse; Electrolyte at Edinburgh Fringe and on UK tour; Welcome to Iran at Stratford East; and Henry VIII at Shakespeare’s Globe

As performer: Manic Street Creature for Paines Plough and Southwark Playhouse; Living Newspaper: Edition 6 at the Royal Court; Nine Lessons and Carols at the Almeida; The Band Plays On at Sheffield Theatres; Jesus Christ Superstar at Regent’s Park; Ghost Quartet at Boulevard Soho; Hobson’s Choice and Into the Woods at the Royal Exchange, Manchester; Lazarus at King’s Cross Theatre; and The Busker’s Opera at Park Theatre

Time (season two), Domino Day, Sherwood (season one), Unforgotten (season three) and Doctors

Radio

Welcome to Iran

Awards

Manic Street Creature – Stage Award for Acting, Fringe First Award and Mental Health Award

Maimuna Memon’s first EP, More Than I Bargained For, was released last year.

(Updated July 2024. Photo by Charlotte Patmore)