Personal profile
Personal profile
I am an Iranian theatre practitioner, playwright, director, and researcher working across formalist, postdramatic, and stylised performance traditions. I have directed 17 productions, written 18 plays, and performed in more than 40 works.
My doctoral research focuses on the creation and development of a theatre practice at the intersection of visual and embodied culture, inspired by Persian miniature art and the works of Shakespeare—a practice I refer to as Abbasi Theatre.
I am currently a full-time PhD researcher in Theatre at Royal Holloway, University of London.
Research interests
- Stylised Theatre
- Experimental Theatre
- Formalist Theatre
- Postdramatic Theatre
- Practice-based Research
- Practice as Research (PaR)
- Intercultural Theatre
- Intercultural Performance
- Persian Miniature Arts (Negargari)
- Persian Aesthetics
- Visual Dramaturgy
- Shakespearean Performance
Education/Academic qualification
Theatre, MA, Utilizing the Art of Persian Miniature Painting to Create and Develop Stylized Acting, Tehran University of Art
Award Date: 1 Dec 2016
Theatre, BA, Tehran University of Art
Award Date: 1 Feb 2014
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
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SDG 4 Quality Education -
SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities -
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SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions