Siavash Shabanpour

Siavash Shabanpour was born in Tehran, Iran. He began writing poetry in his late teens. His poetry was published in major student-run publications in Iran, as well as in internationally known online journals. While a law student at Tehran University, he became interested in theatre studies. Upon his immigration to Canada in 2003 he began to study theatre at York University. By the time he graduated in 2011 he had directed three successful productions. He has since been working as a theatre director in Toronto. Past directing work includes Apartment 812, The Story of the Panda Bears Told by a Saxophonist Who Has a Girlfriend In Frankfurt, When It All Falls Down, and Horses at the Window. He was also the assistant director and actor in a York University production of Dr. Faustus (Dir: Alecsandar Luka). As an actor he has played supporting roles in the two Canadian feature films The Bright Side of the Moon (Dir: Farhad Ahi) and Mitra (Dir: Mazdak Taebi). He is currently in the process of publishing his poetry and his translation of Peter Brook’s Conference of the Birds from English to Persian.