Niloo-Far Khan

My name is Niloo-Far Khan and I go by she/her. I’m an emerging director and theatre maker from Edinburgh.
As a proud Scottish Asian woman of mixed heritage, my passion is for bringing a diversity of Scottish stories to the stage, screen and audio in a way that supports representation and inclusivity for everyone, and makes us stronger as a community through our shared stories and diversity.

Credits

DIRECTOR, Black Scots (Scenes For Survival Short Film)/ BBC, National Theatre of Scotland and Hopscotch Films, 2020.

DIRECTOR, In Her Corner, by Mikey Burnett/Edinburgh Fringe Festival, 2019.

CO-DIRECTOR, Monster in the Hall, by David Greig/Edinburgh Fringe Festival, 2018.

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Musical (will be announced in Feb 2021), by Douglas Maxwell and directed by Cora Bisset, National Theatre of Scotland/(in preproduction), Autumn 2021.

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Don’t. Make. Tea, by Rob Drummond and directed by Robert Softley-Gale, Birds of Paradise Theatre Company (in pre production), TBC.

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Pure Freezin’ Pantomime by Andy McGregor, Oran Mor - A Play, A Pie and a Pint, 2018

Training

Edinburgh Napier University – MFA Directing, BA English and Film
The MGA Academy of Performing Arts - 2 Year HND in Musical Theatre Edinburgh College – HNC Television