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Review: ENGLISH at Denver Center For The Performing Arts
by Tessa Nelson - Apr 29, 2026

Elham, playwright Sanaz Toossi’s brilliant character played by an equally brilliant Vanah Assadourian, frustratedly exclaims in a tongue unfamiliar to her mouth, “I want everyone to know I am not an idiot and also I am nice.” English, produced by the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, captures the day-to-day drama of living your identity in an unfamiliar language.

Review: THREE TALL PERSIAN WOMEN at Shakespeare & Company
by Marc Savitt - Sep 10, 2024

Despite the title, character names, and some references, the dialogue is contemporary and comfortable. It seems as if we could be viewing three generations of just about any family unit. There are plenty of mmh hmmh moments and head nods as the action unfolds that feels familiar regardless of one’s ethnic background or even gender.

Awni Abdi-Bahri's THREE TALL PERSIAN WOMEN Gets World Premiere At Shakespeare & Company
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 9, 2024

Shakespeare & Company will present the World Premiere of Awni Abdi-Bahri's Three Tall Persian Women, directed by Dalia Ashurina and staged at the Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre from August 30 through October 13.

European Première of ENGLISH Extends at the Kiln Theatre Due to Demand
by Stephi Wild - Jun 7, 2024

The critically acclaimed European première of Sanaz Toosi's Pulitzer Prize-winning play, English has extended its run at Kiln Theatre due to public demand, now completing performances on 6 July.

Video: Director Diyan Zora and Assistant Director Sara Amini on ENGLISH at RSC
by Blair Ingenthron - May 11, 2024

Look inside the rehearsal room of English, Sanaz Toosi's comic and deeply moving Pulitzer Prize-winning play, with Director Diyan Zora and Assistant Director Sara Amini in the video here!

Video: Go Inside the Rehearsal Room with ENGLISH at the RSC's The Other Place Theatre
by Blair Ingenthron - May 5, 2024

Step into the rehearsal room for English, Sanaz Toosi's comic and deeply moving Pulitzer Prize winning play in the video here!

Central and MENA Arts UK Launch Associateship
by Stephi Wild - Mar 27, 2024

The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama (Central) and MENA Arts UK are pleased to announce a new associateship which will work to promote and celebrate MENA/SWANA voices and to strengthen links between higher education arts training and the industry.   

Full Cast Set For ENGLISH at The Royal Shakespeare Company
by Stephi Wild - Mar 14, 2024

The Royal Shakespeare Company has announced the full cast and creative team for English in association with the Kiln Theatre. The play will have its European premiere at The Other Place in Stratford-upon-Avon before transferring to the Kiln in London.

RSC European Premiere of ENGLISH Will Transfer to Kiln Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Jan 16, 2024

Kiln Theatre has announced the European première of Sanaz Toosi’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play, English. Directed by Diyan Zora, the production completes Indhu Rubasingham’s final season as Artistic Director of Kiln Theatre.

Mohammedally Shushtari and Jenan Younis Will Headline MENA Arts UK's First Open Mic Night
by Stephi Wild - Jul 21, 2023

MENA Arts UK's first 'Open Mic Night' has officially been set for 10th August 2023. The evening promises an array of artists performing in ten-minute slots celebrating the diversity and talent of some of our most exciting Middle Eastern, North African and surrounding region (MENA+) talent. The performances will take place at MENA Arts UK's residency home, Theatro Technis @ 26 Crowndale, London.

Photos: First Look at WE THE WOMEN at The Tank
by Blair Ingenthron - May 20, 2023

We The Women opened on May 14, 2023 at the Tank Theater. The performance is directed by Ayse Eldek and Jessica Brater, and written by Ayse Eldek, Duygu Erdogan Monson, Lanna Joffrey, Ezgi Cohen, Anne Connolly, Nazli Benan Ozkaya, and Ayse Alagoz. Check out photos here!

MENA Arts UK Celebrates a London Home With a New Writing Programme.
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 9, 2023

MENA Arts UK has announced their official residency at Theatro Technis @26 Crowndale. They will join other renowned companies: The Gate Theatre, Tamasha Theatre Company, Scene & Heard.

Review: SISTER RADIO, Tron Theatre
by Natalie O'Donoghue - Oct 22, 2022

Sisters Fatemeh and Shirin have been living together, in the same flat in Edinburgh, for forty three years. In this flat they cook, they read their coffee grains, they think about the fading memories of their childhood in Tehran and they listen to the radio. Although they live side by side, they never talk to one another. When a global pandemic hits and the sisters are locked in their flat, they are forced to reckon with their memories of a betrayal that changed the course of their relationship.

Photos: First Look At SISTER RADIO From Pitlochry Festival Theatre and Stellar Quines Theatre Company
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 26, 2022

Pitlochry Festival Theatre and Stellar Quines Theatre Company have released production images for the première of Sara Shaarawi’s new play Sister Radio.

Pitlochry Festival Theatre and Stellar Quines Theatre Company Will Open New Studio With The Premiere Of Sara Shaarawi's SISTER RADIO
by Stephi Wild - Jun 29, 2022

Pitlochry Festival Theatre to open its new Studio with premiere of the new play Sister Radio co-produced with Stellar Quines Theatre Company.

Pitlochry Festival Theatre Announces Ensemble For 2022 Season
by Stephi Wild - Mar 8, 2022

Pitlochry Festival Theatre has announced its Ensemble for its 2022 season which takes place this summer between May and October.

LIBERTY'S DAUGHTERS: Immigrant Women's Monologues to be Presented At The Nuyorican Poets Cafe
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 27, 2021

Immigrant/International Artists and Scholars in New York will present LIBERTY's DAUGHTERS an evening of IMMIGRANT WOMEN'S MONOLOGUES presented by artists across generations and ethnicities (many Honor Roll! members) at the storied (virtual) Nuyorican Poets Café.

I, ANATOLIA to be Presented by Turkish American Repertory Theater
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 19, 2021

Turkish American Repertory Theater and Entertainment-TARTE- will start its 2021 season with the online production of ' I ANATOLIA'.

Legal Aliens Launch THINGS I AM NOT Podcast Series Featuring Stories By Migrant Women Artists
by Stephi Wild - Mar 3, 2021

THINGS I AM NOT is a series of 10 original 10 minutes-long audio stories, written and performed by 10 female artists who have migrated to the United Kingdom.

Photo Flash: A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS Celebrates Opening Night at Arena Stage
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 24, 2020

Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater presents A Thousand Splendid Suns, adapted for the stage by Ursula Rani Sarma and based on the 2007 New York Times bestselling novel by Khaled Hosseini (Kite Runner).