Humira Imtiaz

Humira is a Director, Producer, Writer and Digital Stage Manager. Humira enjoys exploring different forms and learning from each experience, from in-person theatre performances to digital live performances, from filmmaking to writing for stage. Humira loves to question and explore, without the pressure for concrete answers. Humira is currently the Zoom Technician & Schools Project Coordinator with One Tenth Human’s virtual children’s performance Curious Investigators and Digital Stage Manager for Complicité’s virtual workshops and discussions for their online tour of Can I Live?, Producer for ARC’s Digital Programme, What’s On Your Mind and has recently been appointed Assistant Producer at ARC Stockton. Humira is also involved with Kali Theatre, as part of the Discovery Programme, is being Mentored by Writer Jan McVeery with the 6 month Mentorship Programme with Liverpool Royal Court and is working with Young Vic’s Accessing New Technologies, exploring accessibility with digital and virtual programmes including Virtual Reality.

No preferred pronouns, Any/All

Credits

Zoom Technician, Punchdrunk Enrichment, ongoing, Nov 2022
Director/Dramaturg/Creative Technologist, Immersive Assembly, Viborg Animation Festival, Oct 2022
Zoom Technician, One Tenth Human, Terri & the Time Machine, ongoing, Oct 2022
Digital Artist, UK Asian Film Festival, ongoing, June 2022
Assistant Director, Fat Chance, Durham Gala, ARC & Live Theatre, 4 week, May 2022
Director/Dramaturg/Creative Technologist, Immersive Assembly, ongoing, May 2022
Assistant Producer, Demi Nandhra, ongoing, May 2022
Digital Associate, Our Line Connections, 5 months, April 2022
Digital Artist, Women in Immersive Tech Europe, 2 months, March 2022
Project Coordinator, One Tenth Human, ongoing, Jan 2022
Schools Tour Booker, One Tenth Human, Curious Investigators, ongoing, Jan 2022
Associate Producer, My Life Productions, Northern Stage 50th Anniversary, 4 months, Nov 2021
Assistant Producer, ARC Stockton, ongoing, Oct 2021
Digital Stage Manager, Lawnmowers Theatre Company, ongoing, Oct 2021
Producer, What's On Your Mind, ARC Stockton, 5 Months, 2021
Director, Merry Christmas Darlin’, Gateshead Central Bar, 1 night, 2021
Director, The Big Welcome, Live Theatre, 4 days, 2021
Director, Rock the Casbah, Pleasance Theatre, 1 night, 2021
Online Stage Manager, Can I Live Discussions/Workshops, Complicite, 4 Months, 2021
Zoom Technician & Schools Project Coordinator, Curious Investigators, One Tenth Human, Zoom, 2 Weeks, 2021
Technical Coordinator, HORIZON Showcase, Zoom, 1 Week, 2021
Zoom Technician & Facilitator, Culture Against Racism, Zoom, 1 day, 2021
Creative Associate, Young Company Northern Stage 2021
Creative Assistant/Associate Producer, My Life Productions (Strike!) 2018/19/20/21
Creative Assistant, Young Company Northern Stage 2018/20
Director, Elliot, Workie Ticket Theatre, Exchange, 1 day, 2019
Director, Two of a Kind, Playing Up, Northern Stage, 1 day, 2019
Director, Elliot, Scratch Night with Working Ticket Theatre, Bridge Hotel Pub, 1 day, 2018

Training

Learning for Tomorrow - EMEA Initiative 2022, Unreal Engine Training, 1 week, Dec 2022
Immersive Storytelling Workshop, XR Stories, 2 days, Sept 2022
Imposter’s Guide to Producing with Wise Children - 2021 (Digital, via Zoom; 8-week course)
Decolonising Queer Leadership with Stonewall - 2021 (Digital, via Zoom)
Young Vic Core Directing Skills with Katie Mitchell - 2021 (Digital, via Zoom)
Company 3, Intro Making Theatre for Young
People – June 2020 (Digital, via Zoom)
RTYDS Residential – 28th & 29th March 2020
JMK, James Grieve, Writer/Director Relationship –
Dec 2019
The Direct Approach, Kendel Hippolyte – Oct
2019
Directing the Puppet, Sian Kidd – April 2019
Curious Monkey, 3-day intensive Facilitator
Training – March 2018
JMK, Josh Roche, The Weird World of
Dramaturgy – Sept 2018
Moving Parts: Newcastle Puppetry Festival
Making Strand Bursary – March 2017
Stage One: 3-Day New Producers' Workshop –
May 2017
Slate & RTYDS’s Intro to Directing – July 2017