Nada Sabet

Theatre Director Producer Workshop creator and Facilitator Actor writer

Nada Sabet Entrepreneur, writer, Theatre director, Cultural manager and Facilitator. Sabet holds a BA in Psychology and Theatre from The American University in Cairo (AUC), and an MA from Goldsmith University of London in Creative and Cultural Entrepreneurship. 
Nada’s artistic work has been pushing the boundaries of audience expectations by using theatre and its tools. She has created works for adults, youth and children in theatrical and non-theatrical spaces all over Egypt with professionals and enthusiasts alike. she likes to mix multiple schools and styles, allowing her to tackle taboo subjects in fun and thought-provoking ways.

Credits

Co-author and director for Applied stories and British Museum, Ancient Encounters audio Experience. August – October 2022. https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/galleries/egyptian-sculpture/eternal-telephone

Director, Noussa and Zarief – How it all started, a dance performance for children – premiered March 2020 at Hakawi theatre festival and performed sporadically during Covid.

Program development and curation, Arts and Rehabilitation at Behman Psychiatric Hospital October 2019 – 2021.

Director and Dramaturges – Ta’Sakena, is a theatre performance based on the stories of a year long theatre workshop with 12 Female caregivers of children who frequent the Children's clinic at Abassia Mental Health Hospital. This
theatrical piece takes audiences on a journey of Motherhood interrupted by depression, mental health and femininity. December 2017-2018 Arab Region Tour.

Training

Paines Plough Open Writer's Lab - Mercury Theatre, Colchester – May 18th 2023.

BREDA – A children’s theatre festival in Breda, The Netherlands , Professional delegate June 2019.

Egypt Delegation - Unlimited Festival UK – September 2016

Rebuilding Connections UK Grantee – British Council Cairo 2016.

Euromed workshop Tunis2015 and Marrakesh March 2016.

TheaterTreffen program at the Berliner Festspile 2015.

Location

London

Experience

10+ years

Art forms / Disciplines

  • Comedy
  • Theatre / Live perfomance

What I do

  • Directing
  • Dramaturgy
  • Facilitating
  • Languages
  • Music - Singing
  • Performance Art
  • Performing
  • Physical Theatre / Mime
  • Producing
  • Puppetry
  • Site Responsive/Immersive
  • Street Theatre
  • Teaching / Coaching
  • Theatre making
  • Verbatim theatre
  • Working with Deaf non-professional adults / children
  • Working with disabled artists
  • Working with disabled non-professional adults / children
  • Working with learning disabled adults / children
  • Working with learning disabled artists
  • Working with young people
  • Working with young people with special educational needs
  • Working within a Community / with community participants
  • Workshopping & Development
  • Writing

Additional Languages

Arabic, French and German

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