Gurshad Shaheman

After graduating from the École régionale d’acteurs in Cannes and Marseille, Gurshad Shaheman worked as an actor, assistant director, and Persian translator. In 2012 he created the first part of his Pourama Pourama trilogy (Touch Me, Taste Me, and Trade Me), which established his performative writing, a celebration of the senses with onstage presence at its heart. Gurshad Shaheman recently appeared as Hermione in Andromaque, directed by Damien Chardonnet-Darmaillacq, and in AK47, directed by Pierre Maurin and based on the novel by Olivier Rohe

Portrait of Gurshad Shaheman © Jeremy Meysen