I Wanna Be Yours (NHB Modern Plays)

By Zia Ahmed

Ella is from Yorkshire. Haseeb is from London. They order a pizza. House red for Ella. Hot chocolate for Haseeb.
People and playlists. Christmas and Eid. Travelcards and Megabuses. London to Leeds.
Love is more than just a game for two. Especially when there's an elephant in the room.
Zia Ahmed's I Wanna Be Yours is a tender, funny, lyrical debut play about finding love and holding onto it with everything you've got.
It premiered on tour of the UK in 2019, in a co-production between Paines Plough and Tamasha, including a run at the Bush Theatre, London.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Nick Hern Books
• Release date: Nov 15, 2019
• ISBN: 9781788502719

Zia Ahmed

Zia Ahmed is a poet and playwright from North West London. He was shortlisted for Young Poet Laureate for London 2015/16 and is a former Roundhouse Poetry Slam champion. His plays include I Wanna Be Yours (Paines Plough and Tamasha, 2019).

Book preview

Objects not attached to the surface of the earth will create

a vortex going the opposite direction

like water in a sink going down a drain

so in the northern hemisphere it moves clockwise

in the southern hemisphere it moves counterclockwise

on the equator water goes straight down

round the plughole we go

in the north of england it moves clockwise

in the south of england it moves counterclockwise

in the midlands water goes straight down

round the plughole we go

in north london it moves clockwise

in south london it moves counterclockwise

in zone one water goes straight down

round the plughole we go

i move clockwise

i move counterclockwise

in the middle we meet

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