Nazli Tabatabai-Khatambakhsh is Professor of Dramatic Writing and Associate Artist (Guildhall School of Music & Drama), Associate Director (Sanctuary Queer Arts), and Associate Artist (Oxford School of Drama). Their portfolio as a director and dramaturg spans opera, theatre, dance, circus and includes experimental page and performance poetry.

Their credits include productions at the Royal Opera House, Britten Pears Arts & Aldeburgh Festival, Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Amnesty International, Tron Theatre, Birmingham Opera Company, National Youth Choir, Welsh National Opera, Summerhall, BBC Radio Drama Asian Network, National Theatre of Scotland / BBC Drama Scotland, Wilton’s Music Hall, Theatre Workshop Edinburgh, Play, Pie and a Pint, Traverse Theatre, Tehran City Theater, Dancebase.

She is an Arts Council England International Society for the Performing Arts (ISPA) Grad Fellow and a member of ISPA’s Governance Committee with a special research interest in Equitable Collaborative Leadership.

"What I hope to discuss at our dialogue?- For the art-form in what ways is opera resisting being cancelled through adaptation of libretto?- How can students continue to push the boundaries of narratives and aesthetics by offering alternative/counter insights into generally accepted moral positions?- For myself in what ways through collaboration and dramaturgy can we continue to work across borders whilst respecting cultural boundaries? Most of all to connect and share in an international context combined with intercultural local experiences - explore ways to circulate and distribute opera both as an art and as a pedagogy."