Firdos Ali is a playwright whose full-length plays include Struggle (Talawa Firsts, 2015), The Wrong Way (Talawa Theatre, 2016) and 40 Days (2017). Her short plays are Stripped Black ( Black Lives, Black Words at the Bush Theatre, 2015) and How I Feel (Royal Exchange Theatre, 2016). Firdos's short story Emerald Waters was chosen for the Bare Lit Festival, 2016. Her musical New Life, for which she wrote the book and lyrics, was showcased at BEAM, 2018. Firdos was named on the BBC New Talent Hotlist.