Iskandar إسكندر bin Sharazuddin

Creative Producer Director

I am an award-winning freelance writer, theatre-maker, and educator based in London. I am the co-founder and co-artistic director of Ellandar Ltd. a British East and Southeast Asian (BESEA) led theatre company. I prioritise platforming work which focuses on diverse British Muslim narratives, BESEA lived experience, and female stories. I produce and commission new theatre which draws on and celebrates difference and challenges pervasive stereotypes to amplify unheard voices.

I am passionate about theatre being accessible and resonant with diverse communities across the UK and internationally. I am the Communities Associate at Headlong Theatre an internationally recognised and world-leading touring theatre company. I also work in higher education as a visiting lecturer and associate artist at leading actor training institutions and drama schools.

Credits

Joint Artistic Director of Ellandar Productions, Communities Associate of Headlong Theatre, and Visiting Lecturer at Guildhall School of Music & Drama and ArtsEd.

www.ellandarproductions.com

Recent Selected Theatre Credits:

As Movement Director and / or Performer: 'Satyagraha' (English National Opera & Improbable 2021), 'Post-Mortem' (also as playwright for Assembly Festival Edinburgh 2019 & International Touring 2020), (un)written • (un)heard (as Puppetry Director & dramaturg Fringe World Festival Western Australia 2020 - Winner: International Dance & Physical Theatre Award 2020).

As Producer: 'All These Maybes' by Barry McStay (VAULT Festival 2022), 'Finding Melania' by Denise Stephenson (Camden People's Theatre SPRINT Festival 2021 & Shoreditch Town Hall), 'Yoga for the Feet' by Tilly Lunken (in association with Chichester Festival Theatre), [The Cobbled Streets of Geneva] by Nemo Martin (VAULT Festival 2020, Winner: Origins Award), 'Post-Mortem' by Iskandar R. Sharazuddin (Assembly Festival, Fringe World Festival Western Australia, and Adelaide Fringe) (un)written • (un)heard (Fringe World Festival Western Australia, Winner: International Dance & Physical Theatre Award),

Location

London

Experience

5-10 years

Art forms / Disciplines

  • Circus
  • Dance
  • Film - documentary
  • Film - feature
  • Film - short
  • Multi-disciplinary / cross art form
  • New technologies / digital
  • Opera
  • Theatre / Live perfomance
  • TV - drama

What I do

  • Choreography
  • Devising
  • Directing
  • Dramaturgy
  • Facilitating
  • Movement Direction
  • Outdoor performance
  • Performance Art
  • Performing
  • Physical Theatre / Mime
  • Producing
  • Puppetry
  • Site Responsive/Immersive
  • Teaching / Coaching
  • Theatre making
  • Working with young people
  • Working within a Community / with community participants
  • Workshopping & Development
  • Writing

Additional Languages

French, Malaysian, and Russian.

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