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TV Writer, Performance artist, Comedian, Theatre maker. Current: SEX EDUCATION S4

@NetflixUK

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Open Lab Artist

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All pronouns

London, Englandkrishnaistha.comJoined December 2012

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buy tickets to my play im broke xoxo

@TheTabbyLamb

Jan 11

i can’t believe i’m lucky enough to work with

@jamie_fletcher

again - and i finally get to work with

@KrishnaIstha

too! do you wanna work with us?? and make a musical?? apply!

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Unlimited

@untheatre

Jan 11

Happy new year! We're looking for an emerging trans writer to join us for R&D on a brand new mid-scale musical, working with @jamie_fletcher @TheTabbyLamb @KrishnaIstha & more. For a job pack and more info, follow the link below

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Unlimited

@untheatre

Jan 11

Happy new year! We're looking for an emerging trans writer to join us for R&D on a brand new mid-scale musical, working with

@jamie_fletcher

@TheTabbyLamb

@KrishnaIstha

& more. For a job pack and more info, follow the link below ⬇️

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A Gender Euphoric Trans Musical Call Out: Emerging Writer - Unlimited Theatre

We’re looking for an Emerging Writer to join us for the development of a brand new mid-scale musical, in a...

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Wellbeing in the Arts

@WellbeintheArts

Nov 22, 2022

Our new low-cost counselling service for individuals who work in the Arts, which will provide access to a diverse range of trained Counsellors across the UK from as little as £15 per session, will launch on Tuesday 3rd January 2023. wellbeinginthearts.org.uk/low-cost-couns

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@KrishnaIstha

Nov 4, 2022

Who’s coming?! Nov 17th, a fundraiser for

@SexWorkHive

💖💖💖

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SWARM

@SexWorkHive

Nov 3, 2022

First up, the wonderful @KrishnaIstha. A long-time friend of SWARM, Krishna is screenwriter, comedian, performance artist and theatre maker working internationally. Currently, they are writing on Netflix's SEX EDUCATION - we absolutely cannot wait to see them perform!

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The Agency

@TheAgencyLDN_

Nov 1, 2022

Congratulations our client,

@KrishnaIstha

, who was shortlisted for the #SkyArtsRSL Writers Awards in the screenwriting category! 🎉

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Day 3- We spoke with

about access & were joined by theatre makers & parents to talk text. Join us tomorrow (Friday) at 3.30pm at

@RoundhouseLDN

, for an in-conversation with

@KrishnaIstha

’s team about this week and a chance to interrogate models of making work.

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Ema Boswood (she/her)

Loved being part of

’s open residency at

, such a welcoming + energising space & BRILLIANT to have conversations open to producers, organisations & artists to feed into the creation of their new work.

@kalsi_reena

is absolutely smashing it with #PROCESS

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Royal Society of Literature

@RSLiterature

Oct 27, 2022

🙌Congratulations to all five winners of the #SkyArtsRSL Writers Awards , Kim Squirrell, Sabrina Mahtani, Hannah Shury-Smith (

@hshurysmith

), Zainab Imran (

@darkacademiazen

) and Jenna Al-Ansari (@jennaalansari)

@SkyGroup

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@KrishnaIstha

Oct 27, 2022

Was surprised & honoured to get this news 🥰🥰🥰

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Royal Society of Literature

@RSLiterature

Oct 27, 2022

For Screenwriting, the shortlisted writers are Krishna Istha (@krishnaistha) and Jen Francis (@JustJen_02).

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Reena Kalsi

@kalsi_reena

Oct 26, 2022

What an honour to share the space with these programmers and producers today! A day chatting about logistics and design, allowing

@KrishnaIstha

and the team to ask questions about programming, venue expectations and limitations to support work like this.

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Reena Kalsi

@kalsi_reena

Oct 25, 2022

Incredible first day! Join us all week at

@RoundhouseLDN

as we interrogate how artists make work and how organisations can support. Read more about

@KrishnaIstha

project bit.ly/3SBcLzh

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Scampi

@artofstumbling

Oct 24, 2022

We should see more naked trans bodies. On TV, bike rides, the beach, in advertising, at the sauna (shout-out

@itsjacksonbbz

) Anywhere you might see a naked cis body. I remember seeing a performance from

@KrishnaIstha

with nudity and being like this is the most awesome thing ever

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@KrishnaIstha

Oct 24, 2022

Excited about the entire week but especially excited for Thursday when a whole gang of trans & NB parents and birthing people are coming in 🥹❤️

roundhouse.org.uk

PROCESS

A series interrogating artistic processes and artist care – part of our year-long theme of Liberation.

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@KrishnaIstha

Oct 24, 2022

Went to Copenhagen as part of the international jury panel at MIX Film Festival and it was the cutest experience to nerd out about queer film all day everyday. 😍 Back to Landan now and onto PROCESS

@RoundhouseLDN

from tomorrow 💖

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@KrishnaIstha

Oct 14, 2022

Performing at this

@SexWorkHive

event to raise funds for sex workers in India. The legal aid fund supported through this event will support sex workers in India fight false charges levied against them. BOOK A TICKET, COME! If nothing else, come for the bangin raffle!!💖💪🏾🔥

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SWARM

@SexWorkHive

Oct 14, 2022

Save us from Saviours! // Thursday 17th November - 7pm to midnight Join SWARM and @NNSWIndia for a night of film, cabaret and much more, to raise money for a legal aid fund for our comrades in India! Featuring @KrishnaIstha, @BollyDitz & Pat Elle eventbrite.co.uk/e/save-us-from

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#3 Process

is a series interrogating artistic processes and artist care, in collaboration with artists and creatives

, DemiMa and

A series interrogating artistic processes and artist care – part of our year-long theme of Liberation.

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CN Lester

@cnlester

Sep 7, 2022

There is so much to despair of in the world right now, but also I've never seen such an incredible wealth of #trans #queer live art available. Really excited by 'Sheer En-by' from @jasminekahlia

(next week) and

's 'First Trimester'

(Oct)

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Roundhouse

@RoundhouseLDN

Sep 7, 2022

A series interrogating artistic process and care ✨ Roundhouse presents PROCESS with

, @itsdemima,

👉 bit.ly/3QCKVC1

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Sep 7, 2022

As always, takes a village to make a baby—my dream team

@paulavarjack

- Julia Croft - Rent -

@RubyGlaskin

@StudioMWG

💖 Thank you to

@kalsi_reena

& the Roundhouse team for making this happen ❤️ When the baby comes, we will name them Round House!!Jk, my partner won’t let me. 😫

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Sep 7, 2022

If you know any 18-25 yr old queer and/or trans performers who are interested in making their own work, my team is also running a FREE workshop, tell ur pals 😘 - roundhouse.org.uk/whats-on/2022/

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@KrishnaIstha

Sep 7, 2022

If you’d like to come along, it’s FREE and you can pop in at any point in the week (10 am to 5 pm) to watch us hash out what this show is becoming, and how we find me some sperm! 💦 Life admin meets show making, because I’m a multitasker🫠

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FIRST TRIMESTER

Krishna Istha will be taking over the Studio Theatre for a week, working on First Trimester, a 1-to-1 interactive performance interview set in a fertility clinic, in a quest to find the perfect sperm...

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@KrishnaIstha

Sep 7, 2022

Thrilled to be doing an open-studio R&D on FIRST TRIMESTER as part of the new season

@RoundhouseLDN

investigating artistic process & care. This show is so personal and has real life consequences—hopefully with a baby at the end! And I can’t think of a better way to make it. 👶🏾🐣

Roundhouse and 3 others

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Katie Greenall

@Katie_Greenall

Sep 7, 2022

9 months later…BLUBBER (work in progress) is coming ! 🐋 v excited to bring our show about fatness, beauty, swimming & whales to

@RoundhouseLDN

. It’s my most personal work yet (😬) & I’m can’t wait to share it with you! 21 & 22 Oct @ 7:30. Tickets here: bit.ly/3RFVNj7

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Aug 22, 2022

Only

@danjlevy

in the new season!!!😱🤓😍 We spent the entire writers’ room obsessing over him playing this specific part, didn’t think it would actually happen 🤪😍🌸

variety.com

‘Sex Education’ Season 4 Adds Dan Levy, Six Series Regulars

Dan Levy has joined "Sex Education" Season 4 at Netflix.

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The Agency

@TheAgencyLDN_

Aug 22, 2022

Huge congratulations to all of The Agency clients who have had a part in creating the new season of #SexEducation 🙌📺 Troy Hunter

@HunterrrT

(writer) Krishna Istha

@KrishnaIstha

(writer) Callum Devrell-Cameron (series producer) Rem Conway (producer)

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Variety

@Variety

Aug 19, 2022

Netflix's #SexEducation is adding seven new cast members in Season 4, including Dan Levy (first look photo below). Asa Butterfield, Gillian Anderson, Ncuti Gatwa and Emma Mackey are all returning. variety.com/2022/tv/news/s

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my sexuality is dan levy's eyebrows

@SaimaFerdows

Aug 8, 2022

despite

@kemahbob

face last night was FOC-ing incredible! I got to see my babies

perform at

gorgeous, no notes!

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FOC IT UP! UK

@focitupcomedy

Aug 7, 2022

Whose coming tonight??! We have the incredible

@KrishnaIstha

live on stage 🔥 Come through 😘 Krishna Istha is a London-based screenwriter, comedian, performance artist and theatre maker. They make socially conscious, form-pushing works about taboo or underrepresented 🔥

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queerguru

@queerguru

Jul 30, 2022

PEOPLE LIKE US: An Evening of Revellry an ongoing collaborative photography curated by

@hollyrevellart

@TheGloryLondon

in East End with #ThatRay

bit.ly/3PPUBcA

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inezxvi

@inezxvi

Aug 2, 2022

SOME FINAL TICKETS FOR SEXY FRIDA KAHLOL TONIGHT with the gorgeous

hosting with

Phoebe Walsh

AND MORE!!

Frida KahLOL Tickets | From Free | 2 Aug 2022 @ Doña, London | DICE

Fun'n' friendly comedy night showcasing the girls, gays & theys in an independent female owned cocktail bar. Frida KahLOL has a special debutante slot for ne...

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Travis

@travisalabanza

Jul 30, 2022

“If I was born this way, then it has nothing to do with you”. Exposing but Exciting to have two extracts of my upcoming book in the guardian todau. Here’s the online version! Book out august 4th

theguardian.com

My life outside the gender binary: ‘People want to know, often within the first handshake, whether...

‘So, when did you know?’ As a gender nonconforming trans person, I have spent years being quizzed about my identity. But sometimes there are no neat answers

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inezxvi

@inezxvi

Jul 25, 2022

FRIDA KAHLOL NEXT WEEK! Tuesday the 2nd of August. Hosted by the stunning

@sporty_phil

with Phoebe Walsh,

@KrishnaIstha

AND MORE!! As always in the jewel of Stoke Newington Doña. Tickets here: bit.ly/3BdCnxh

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MilkPresents

@MilkPresents

Jul 26, 2022

Joining @leojskilbeck & Prime Isaac, we're thrilled to announce that

@KrishnaIstha

will also be joining us as a facilitator on #SummerSummit, a retreat for early-career LGBTQIA+ artists at

@TheHopBarn

9-11 Sep. Apply by 5pm this Fri 29th Jul here: milkpresents.com/event/summer_s🏳️‍⚧️🏕🏳️‍🌈

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@KrishnaIstha

Jul 13, 2022

Performed by amateur fencers and professional trans people @felixmufti &

@TamirPettet

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@KrishnaIstha

Jul 13, 2022

Birmingham! I have a performance piece in

@fiercefestival

@duckielondon

🤪 Shows TOMORROW and FRIDAY! £5 for a bangin line up of queer performances, bring a piknik. 💖

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Broccoli Productions

@BroccoliContent

Jun 26, 2022

Our fourth week of #AnthemsPride is out! 🎉🏳️‍🌈⁠ ✨ Featuring✨

@KrishnaIstha

| SPERM Tasnim Amin | UMMAH

@hausofdarkwah

| THRIVING

@jamesfactora

| DISSONANCE @mollfrith | EXTEMPORE Bolly Illusion | BREATHING

@wecreatespace

| RETREAT Listen now 🔗 bit.ly/AnthemsPrideIII

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All About Trans

@AllAboutTrans

May 25, 2022

What a brilliant day at AAT’s first in-person interaction in years! Our amazing team doing what we do best & advocating for better & more informed representation of trans people in popular culture 📣📣 We're so proud of our incredible network members. The sky is the limit ❤️🏳️‍⚧️

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All About Trans

@AllAboutTrans

Jun 23, 2022

As the final week of Pride month approaches, we want to take this opportunity to share how proud we are of our network & the conversations our work inspires. Working behind-the-scenes to create spaces for people to listen to & understand each other is vital, rewarding work.

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Dr Annabel

@SoSowemimo

Jun 7, 2022

One of the largest U.K. donors to the Tory party is the owner of Moon Pig . When we say prison industrial complex this is what we mean. There is no sensible reason that hand written cards can’t be mailed to prisoners. An absolute scam.

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Jun 5, 2022

I’ve just tested pos for covid, baah!😫 Any queer BPOC performers in LONDON free this afternoon for a photoshoot? Pay is £150 for two hours work in Stockwell. 1-3 pm TODAY! (Also, if I’ve seen you in the last few days I’m so sorry!! Plss take a lateral flow!!❤️)