Ashwin Singh is an attorney, lecturer, playwright, director and actor. His plays have received national and international exposure with To House, Spice ’n Stuff, Shooting and Marital Blitz* being the best known.
To House was published by Aurora Metro Books in the anthology New South African Plays; Spice ’n Stuff enjoyed critical acclaim during a national tour; Shooting was selected for the 2011 National Arts Festival Main Programme; and Marital Blitz was selected for the 2012 Qadir Ali Baig International Theatre Festival in Hyderabad.
Singh is also a three-time national award winner via the PANSA/NLDTF Playreading Festival (South Africa’s foremost playwriting contest) with his plays To House (2003); Duped (2005 [earlier version]); and Reoca Light (2012).
Singh is also a published poet and academic author. He has received critical acclaim for his performances on stage, radio and film. He has also presented several workshops on contracts and business enterprises for PANSA, the Playhouse Company and Catalina UnLtd.
He is currently the artistic director of AshTal Art (Pty) Ltd, a company he runs with his sister and mentor, Shantal Singh.
*Marital Blitz was co-written with Kajal Maharaj and Nesan Pather.