JULY 15th: PERFORMANCE AT BRIT WRITERS’ AWARDS 2010

MUJU performed a brand new comedy sketch at this year’s Brit Writers’ Awards (BWA). The BWA aims to encourage unpublished writers. A black-tie gala awards ceremony took place on the evening of Thursday 15 July 2010 at the IndigO2 (part of The O2) in London and was attended by representatives from major publishing houses, plus celebrities and international media representatives.

MAY: ‘EXTREME PREVENTION’ & ‘WALLS’ – 5 DATE TOUR

In May 2010, the MUJU Crew embarked on their first ever tour, spanning London & Brighton, with a double bill of entertainment.

In ‘Extreme Prevention’, MUJU performed comedy sketches set against the backdrop of the government’s ‘Preventing Extremism’ strategy. Sketches included a reformed extremist desperate to educate the Muslim community on how not to be a fundamentalist, as well as, a doctor using ultrasound scans to search for extremists in the womb!

MUJU also performed ‘Walls’, a moving drama about two British teenage friends, one Muslim and one Jewish, whose relationship is turned upside down when the Jewish boy’s family move to Israel. A play written for MUJU by Alia Bano, winner of the Most Promising Playwright Award, Evening Standard Theatre Awards 2009.

FEBRUARY 25TH: MUJU HOST CHARITY SCREENING OF THE INFIDEL

MUJU is hosting a special charity screening, on Thursday 25th February at Notting Hill Coronet cinema, in partnership with Emerald Network. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with some special guests, including David Baddiel, giving us the chance to discuss issues raised in the film as well as providing our feedback. All profits from the evening will be donated to Haiti.