Amrou Al-Kadhi

Amrou Al-Kadhi is the author of the memoir Life as a Unicorn: A Journey from Shame to Pride and Everything In Between, which was awarded the Polari First Book Prize and a Somerset Maugham award. Amrou is an established screenwriter, having written episodes for Little America (Apple TV), The Watch (BBC America), Hollyoaks (Channel 4), and several TV shows and feature films currently in development. They have a BA, MA and M. Phil in the History of Art from the University of Cambridge, with a special focus on queer performance art. They recently contributed artwork and an essay as part of the Kiss My Genders exhibition at the Hayward Gallery (2019). Amrou’s drag show, Glamrou: From Quran to Queen (2020),was supported by the British Arts Council, and continues to tour. Their short films have premiered on BBC4, Nowness, PBS, the BFI and Peccadillo Pictures, amongst others.