Riz Ahmed Riz Ahmed s one-off show The Long Goodbye is available on demand until 1 March 2021. Developed especially for the digital realm, this online performance was written, filmed and performed entirely by Riz Ahmed and is a companion piece to last year’s critically-acclaimed The Long Goodbye album and the live stage show. The show was commissioned by Manchester International Festival (MIF) and Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) that was due to take place before the pandemic. Weaving together storytelling, music and immersive sound to guide audiences through an emotional landscape, it tells the story of this moment through a personal journey and asks, ‘how did we get here?’ 2020 saw the Emmy Award winning artist release the album and short film The Long Goodbye, as well as standalone single Once Kings and the revered films Mogul Mowgli and Sound Of Metal, for which Ahmed won Best Actor at Gotham Film Festival.