Anahita Debonehie

Bio

Anahita Dehbonehie is an Iranian artist currently based in Toronto. Her practice extends across design, direction and playwriting. She is committed to work that questions positions of power and creates space for contemporary conversation.

Her work has been featured across Canada and internationally, including at the Prague Quadrennial, The Vilnius Capital of Culture, and the Moscow Museum of Modern Art. Her work on both stage and screen has been recognized with multiple nominations and wins. In theatre she has received two Dora Awards, three Theatre Critics awards and a Sterling Haynes Award. She has twice appeared on Toronto’s list of Top Ten Theatre Artists of the Year and is a former participant of Write From the Hip and the Urjo Kareda residency at Tarragon theatre. She is a resident artist with Outside the March. This is her second collaboration with (makram’s theatre company)