Mahad Ali was part of BBC Studios Writers Academy 2021, where he worked on continuing drama series Eastenders, Holby City and Casualty whilst developing an original project with one of the BBC’s independent production companies. He is currently developing an original series with BBC Studios.

Mahad’s play My Brother’s Keeper is part of the 22/23 season at Theatre 503 after being selected as part of their 503Five programme. The play was also longlisted for the 2018 Alfred Fagon Award. He was also a part of the inaugural Tamasha Theatre Playwriting group and has had performances at Stratford Theatre Royal Stratford East, Rich Mix, Park and Soho Theatre’s with Tamasha and Paines Plough. Mahad has had several pieces published in the anthology Hear Me Now: Audition Monologues for Actors of Colour published by Oberon.

Mahad’s play the Beginning of the End was selected for the Top 100 Longlist for the 2013 Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting, while he was a participant on the Soho Theatre and Royal Court Theatre young writers programmes.