{"id":8616,"date":"2008-08-05T15:11:23","date_gmt":"2008-08-05T15:11:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tat.reddaisytrading.co.uk\/index.php\/2008\/08\/05\/sophia-takes-festival-by-storm\/"},"modified":"2008-08-05T15:11:23","modified_gmt":"2008-08-05T15:11:23","slug":"sophia-takes-festival-by-storm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/2008\/08\/05\/sophia-takes-festival-by-storm\/","title":{"rendered":"Sophia takes Festival by storm"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\">\n<h3>Edinburgh Fringe Festival up and running<\/h3>\n<div><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"267\" hspace=\"10\" width=\"180\" align=\"right\" vspace=\"3\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/Image\/ArticleImages\/SophiaRashid_180x232.jpg\"\/>THIS year\u2019s Edinburgh Fringe Festival will host its first ever \u2018one woman show\u2019 written by young British Pakistani female Sophia Rashid.<\/strong><\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>The Manchester based writer has been writing and directing for theatre over the last five years.<\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>Having studied Psychology &amp; Neuroscience at the University of Leicester Sophia returned to the North West to pursue her artistic ambitions and to work with the communities in which she grew up. <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nSince coming back Sophia has pioneered a number of grass roots arts initiatives in partnership with local organisations including Peshkar, Oldham Theatre Workshop, M6 Theatre and the Contact Theatre. <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nAlong with credits in theatre production she has branched out into Film and TV and is currently working on her first sitcom and feature film script. She has been setting up her own production company over the last year with the aim for it to become a pathway for future artists to break into this industry. <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nAs someone who represents British, Pakistani, Muslim &amp; female communities Sophia doesn\u2019t take it as a light responsibility said: \u201cIt is important that there is a counter narrative against the preconceptions and stereotypes about British Asians and Muslims that are portrayed in the media and within our own communities today.\u201d<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u201cI feel it is important for British Asian artists to nurture the next generation who can bring alive our stories and ensure our voices continue to be heard in this world of increasing division. I am delighted to be part of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and privileged to be the first ever to be part of the new InvAsian Festival at the Fringe.\u201d<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nThis is the first time such a show has been taken to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and it has been listed in the Times newspaper under \u201c50 Edinburgh events it would be a crime to miss.\u201d <\/div>\n<p>&#13;\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Edinburgh Fringe Festival up and running THIS year\u2019s Edinburgh Fringe Festival will host its first ever \u2018one woman show\u2019 written by young British Pakistani female Sophia Rashid. &#13; The Manchester based writer has been writing and directing for theatre over the last five years. &#13; Having studied Psychology &amp; Neuroscience at the University of Leicester [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11753,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8616"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8616\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}