Melanie Abrahams

Melanie Abrahams is the founder of the companies renaissance one and Tilt. She mentors emerging producers and lectures widely. She was the curator of Modern Love, a project exploring love and modern relationships which was nominated for an EMMA Award for Best Theatre/Play. She has collaborated with the BBC on spoken word projects including 'Facing Leicester Square', a revisiting of James Baldwin's Another Country, and 'Back Home', an email story chain featuring Ali Smith, Ama Ata Aidoo, Gary Younge, Romesh Gunesekera and other writers. Melanie Abrahams joined the Wasafiri Board in 2001.