Seif Abdel Salam

Director with an interest in new writing, devising and performance.

he/him

Credits

As Director
• Unicorn: From Qur’an to Queen by Amrou Al Kadhi (Soho Theatre) currently rehearsing
• Mrs. Camel by Josh Azouz (Five Plays, Young Vic Clare) 2018
• Haneen [based on Alisdair Gray’s Novel 1982 Janeen] by Sara Shaarawi (Govanhill Baths & National Theatre Scotland – rehearsed reading) 2018
• Triangles Are My Favourite Shape by Seif Abdel Salam (Falaki Theatre, Cairo, Egypt) 2015
• Waiting For Summer by Peter Raynard (Nightingale Theatre, Brighton) 2013
• The Two Executioners by Fernando Arrabal (Wolfson Geilgud studio, RADA) 2012

Work with young people
• Every Brilliant Thing by Duncan Macmillan (Gerhart Theatre, Cairo, Egypt) 2016
• The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart by David Greig (Gerhart Theatre, Cairo, Egypt) 2016

As Assistant Director
• Jesus Hopped The A Train by Stephen Adly Guirgis (Young Vic, Main House) 2019
Director: Kate Hewitt
• Is There Anybody out There by Naguib Seroor (Malak Gabr, Cairo, Egypt) 2011
Director: Mahmoud el Lozy
• Dead Man’s Cellphone by Sarah Ruhl (Malak Gabr, Cairo, Egypt) 2010
Director: Frank Bradley

As Devisor/Performer/Dramaturg
• One Day In Spring (The Traverse, Edinburgh & Oran More, Glasgow)
Director: David Greig
• 66 Minutes in Damascus (LIFT 2012, Shoreditch Town Hall)
Director: Lucien Bourjeily
• BLANK (De Brakke Grond, Amsterdam & Het Huis, Utrecht)
Playwright: Nassim Souleimanpour

Residencies/Awards
• Shortlist, Project 2036, Bush Theatre 2018
• Starter for 10 Artist Bursary recipient, National Theatre of Scotland 2018
• Tier 1 Exceptional Promise Visa for non UK/EU artists recipient, Arts Council England 2017
• Directors Lab, New York 2014

Training

• MA Text & Performance – RADA in conjunction with Birkbeck, UOL
• BA Theatre Arts – American University in Cairo
• Directors Lab, Lincoln Centre, New York.