Persepolis by Miki Lentin

<p><i>Persepolis </i>by Miki Lentin tells the story of a meeting between a volunteer Tony and a refugee Ali at a refugee support centre in Waterloo. Under a backdrop of a production of 'End Game' that is playing in the Old Vic Theatre, the story looks at both characters, and asks what it is they are both trying to escape from.</p> <p>Written and produced as part of the <a href="https://www.waterloofestival.com" target="_blank">Waterloo Festival</a>.</p> <p><b>About the author/producer</b></p> <p>Miki took up writing while travelling the world with his family a few years ago. Last year he completed a MA in Creative Writing at Birkbeck University, and this year was a finalist in the<i> 2020 Irish Writers Centre Novel Fair</i>. As well as finishing his first book, he writes short stories, the most recent of which achieved second prize in the short memoir competition with <i>Fish Publishing</i>. </p> <p>He has achieved second prize in the Momaya Press Short Story Award 2019 and has also been published by <i>@Villageraw Magazine and Elixir Magazine online</i>. He also writes book reviews for <i>MIR Online</i>. Miki is a Trustee of The Reading Agency, volunteers with the Refugee Council and at refugee camps in Calais and Greece, and dreams of one day running a café again. His agent is Cathryn Summerhayes <a href="https://www.twitter.com/taffyagent" target="_blank">@taffyagent</a>. Find him on Twitter <a href="https://www.twitter.com/mikilentin" target="_blank">@mikilentin</a></p> <p>The applause sound FX comes from <a href="http://www.orangefreesounds.com/audience-laughing-and-applauding-in-theater/" target="_blank">Orange Free Sounds</a> and has been mixed under a Creative Commons Attribution license.</p> <p>Photograph of theatre by photographer <a href="https://morguefile.com/creative/hotblack" target="_blank">hotblack</a> at Morguefile.com</p>