HASSAN GOVIA

Growing up in North West London to British born parents of Kittitian and Pakistani heritage, the idea of being a minority rarely affected Hassan until his foray into higher education, both at university and drama school. His experiences in the latter compelled him to conduct a solo project examining the continued problems surrounding diversity for black British actors, with the findings exposing the difficulty for actors of colour to progress in an industry that does not favour their perspective. Resultantly, he was stirred to create and be involved in work that redresses the imbalance of opportunities for those marginalised by their ethnicity or otherwise.

He graduated from the University of Nottingham with a BA in English, subsequently gaining a Masters degree from Mountview. That said, he is primarily a self-taught multidisciplinary artist, and is hopeful that Unshaded Arts will be a successful platform for his writing alongside aiding the development of his directorial skills.