Robin Soans

Robin Soans (born 20 June 1946) is a British actor and playwright known for his work in verbatim and documentary plays. He has written and performed in numerous plays, including Across the Divide (2007), A State Affair (2000), The Arab Israeli Cookbook (2004), Talking to Terrorists, Life After Scandal, and Crouch, Touch, Pause, Engage. Soans has also written plays such as Bet Noir, Sinners and Saints, and Will and Testament. In 2008, he wrote Mixed Up North for LAMDA theatre school, addressing racial divisions in the Lancashire mill town of Burnley. The play was later performed professionally in a co-production between Out of Joint theatre company and Bolton Octagon Theatre in 2009.