How To Be Brown is a short play written by Hannah Ali Khan as part of Kali Discovery. It was performed at the Birmingham Rep in 2024.
“D’you ever wish you was more brown?”
Maya wants to be more brown. Saz thinks she’s brown enough. But as Maya turns more towards the friendly but conventional Anica for advice, can their friendship survive?
How To Be Brown was written by Hannah Ali Khan for Kali Discovery and explores the experiences of young mixed race Asian women in the UK.

Bristol-based early-career writer for stage and screen. Channel 4 New Writer's Scheme grad 2025. MA Drama Writing from Bristol Old Vic Theatre School 22/23.