Roann Hassani McCloskey is an Algerian-British storyteller. Her work includes her 2019 award-winning sell-out, one-woman show, My Father the Tantric Masseur – an autobiographical exploration of sexuality, sexual trauma and familial relationships. Her second show, Who Murdered My Cat? shines a light on memory, its inconsistencies and its power in forming our identities. She is currently writing a semi-autobiographical comedy-drama TV series Lights, Camera, Couscous in which her Algerian mother, who informs so much of her creative work, has the starring role. 

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2021 saw Roann chosen for BBC London voices, as well as SAFAR film school for emerging Arab Filmmakers. She has now been published twice in Dardishi’s annual Zine; a piece on ‘collective healing’ and a series of her poems on ‘Journey’. Roann founded and co-hosts a monthly storytelling night ‘Last Thursday Club’ in a brewery in North London.

Roann's writing finds the heart and humour that runs through tragedy, and centres around her curiosity and passion for bringing stories usually left at the margins to the centre where they belong.

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​Roann is an educational facilitator focussing on anti-oppression pedagogy and accountability. She also works as a script consultant and production challenger.