Queer Eye star says he feels ‘physically sick’ recalling attempts to hide his heritage ‘It was to keep myself safe, and it was to feel like I might be loved’ admitted the Queer Eye star The Independent UK · Jun 3
Tan France reveals ‘shameful’ reason he once tried to hide his identity The Queer Eye star has produced award-winning play The P Word, which charts the parallel lives of two gay Pakistani men. Evening Standard · Jun 3
The week in theatre; The Lightest Element; The Real Ones – review Overlooked pioneering astronomer Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin comes to vivid life in Stella Feehily’s slow-burning, enraging drama. And best friends grow up and apart in Waleed Akhtar’s fitful latest The Guardian - UK · Sep 22, 2024
The Real Ones review – fascinating friendship zooms through decades Waleed Akhtar speeds through a 20-year alliance between two British Pakistanis rather too quickly to unfold its rich implications The Guardian - UK · Sep 13, 2024
The P Word review – an irresistible romance and so much more Waleed Akhtar’s bewitching love story between a gym bunny and an asylum seeker raises urgent issues The Guardian - UK · Sep 16, 2022
Kabul Goes Pop review – a fizzing tribute to bubblegum songs of hope This uneven but refreshing debut by Waleed Akhtar is inspired by the rise and fall of Afghanistan’s first pop TV show The Guardian - UK · May 19, 2022