Creative leadership
Nakib Narat (he/him)
Creator, Creative Director, Producer, Playwright, Performer and Blue Badge Tourist Guide
Nakib Narat is a creative producer, playwright, performer, researcher and qualified Blue Badge Tourist Guide for the UK and Ireland. His work explores place, belonging, participation and public memory.
The idea for Mancunianity Flows developed over two years through Nakib's artistic practice and extensive work with older people across Greater Manchester. Nakib founded and led the public engagement and creative development of the project with local residents and a supportive creative team.
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Mancunianity Flows is Nakib's second Arts Council England-supported award. His first supported Ellen's Longest Night, a professional theatre production about Manchester, was created in collaboration with local communities.
Nakib originated and co-produced The Manchester Passion 2017, developed the script and performed Pontius Pilate for an audience of around 5,000 in Cathedral Gardens, with a team of local artists and volunteers.
Before becoming a full-time actor, Nakib worked as a Granada Television journalist alongside Tony Wilson. Nakib later became a community producer with Aviva Studios, helped create a series of participatory projects and continued to work in theatre, oral history and public culture.
