Maryam Davari

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Maryam Davari is a performer and actor who studied and started her work in Iran in1998. She has performed on the main stages of Tehran as well as in festivals around the world. Maryam has studied under Hamid Samandarian, Farid Paya, Song of The Goat Theatre and has been trained in Japanese Butoh dance, and film and TV production operations.



Since 2006 when she moved to London, she has had roles in several films such as the BAFTA nominee 2013, Only Sound Remains, and a feature film called Undocument, for which she has been a runner up for best female actor at Bucharest International Film Festival 2017. Maryam is a member of Seemia Theatre and has taken part in creating three shows with the company, one of which has Edinburgh 2018 Lustrum Award toured nationally and internationally and has won the Summerhall Lustrum Award at Edinburgh Fringe 2018 . Maryam has also made artistic videos and short documentaries on arts and music.



During her time in the UK her passion for theatre, and understanding different schools and styles of theatre, has lead her to do academic researches and interviews with experts of the field as well as taking her to practical workshops such as Odin Week with Odin theatre and Ecole Nomade with Ariane Mnouchkine and Theatre du Soleil.

Maryam has experienced acting in different styles of theatre and is always looking for the most truthful way to tell a story with the tools that are not unique but are shared by all humans: body, voice and imagination.
Acting experience:
Analytical Acting Diploma - Samandarian School of Art, Iran
BA in performing arts - Tehran University Department of Fine Arts
Productions Operations (including acting) diploma - Arts International Production, North Yorkshire
Acting Coordination Technique - Bral School of Acting, Song of The Goat Theatre

10 years of stage acting experience in Iran (experimental theatre and classical theatre)
Experience of acting for in Film and TV
Experience of devised theatre
Additional skills:
Horse riding, Swimming,
Video Editing (Finalcutpro, Adobe Premier), Audio Editing (Adobe Audition), Camera skills, set design, costume (designing and making), Film and TV Directing
Additional information:
Theatre workshops

Embodiment of Emotions: Four weeks workshop on acting, using eastern (Japanese, Noh) techniques with Farid Paya, Director of Theatre de Leirre

Style of Theatre de Soleil (Arien Mnoshkin's theatre/Paris): Four weeks workshop on the style of acting in theatre de Soleil, working on concentration and body with Shaghayegh Beheshti, Actor of Theatre de Soleil

Odin Week: A theatre anthropology workshop with Odin Teatret and Eugenio Barba

Butoh Training: With Marie Gabrielle Rotie

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Languages Spoken	Farsi
Accents/Dialects	Farsi, Middle Eastern, Persian
Dance Styles	Contemporary
Vocal Types	Alto, Mezzo Soprano