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Nazli Tabatabai-Khatambakhsh
Born
Tabriz, Iran
Years active1999 - To Date
Websitewww.zendeh.com

Nazli is founder and Artistic Director (CEO) of ZENDEH, an Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation.[1]

Early life

Nazli Tabatabai-Khatambakhsh quotes her influences on her creative practise to include international theatre, politics of the middle east, sciences, and stories from the SILK routes. These can be seen as a direct influence on her creative directing and productions developed with her company ZENDEH. [2] [3]

Career

Leadership in the development of theatre in the UK, in particular themes of the middle east and the lives of women.[4][5]

Her Story

Pioneered new ways of working, in particular the ZENDEH Method of making theatre that is relevant to 21st Century Britain.[6][7][8]

Personal life

Nazli is a dual citizen of Iran and of the United Kingdom, daughter of Dr. M. T. Tabatabai-Khatambaksh [9] and Mrs M. Tabatabai-Khatambakhsh. She lives with her collaborator and husband Steven Gaythorpe in Whitley Bay.

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