Riwa Saab is a theatre-maker, sound designer, poet and puppeteer. With her hands in different writing/composing and performance disciplines, she works in both creative and backstage capacities. Her art puts people and our relationships at the centre of the political narratives we inhabit, with recent explorations including the unpacking of generational and familial baggage, and the politics of pop princesses.
She has assistant directed on a number of noteworthy theatre productions, including You Bury Me (Orange Tree Theatre, Bristol Old Vic, Edinburgh Lyceum) and Nowhere (Battersea Arts Centre). Her sound design has scored productions at the Bush Theatre, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, and Soho Theatre, among others, as well as for podcasts and short films, including Sugar Shots. An alumnus of the Barbican Young Poets collective and a Roundhouse Slam Finalist, her poetry has been published in And Other Poems, Rusted Radishes, and Sukoon magazine. As a puppeteer, she has trained at the acclaimed Curious School of Puppetry.
