Biting Point - Softcover

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Sid is an award-winning actor, playwright and screenwriter from an Indian background. He is currently the Jerwood Writer-in-Residence at Pentabus, a recent recipient of a Peter Shaffer Commission from the National Theatre and a Fellow of the Royal Literary Fund. He grew up in England from the age of eight and read History at the University of Bristol He has trained on numerous writing programmes, run by Soho Theatre, the London Library, Hampstead Theatre, the Almeida Theatre and Channel 4. As an actor, he won an Eastern Eye Award for Best Actor for his performance in Kenneth Lonergan's The Starry Messenger in the West End, as well as an AudioFile Earphones Award for his narration of Salman Rushdie's Victory City. Other credits include Ballet Shoes (National Theatre), Cabaret (West End) and Slow Horses (Apple TV+). As a writer, his work includes Middle Men and John from Hemel (both BBC Radio 4). His first short film, Baked Beans, was produced by BFI NETWORK and was selected for festivals in the UK and internationally. He has been part of writers' rooms for Channel 4 and CBeebies and is developing a variety of projects for stage and screen.