ASHA KIANI.
Asha Kiani is a producer, performer, theatre maker, storyteller and musician from Western Australia. She has been involved in story telling projects with The Centre for Stories, Perth Festival and, Saga Sisterhood- a transformative performance project for South Asian women. In January 2020, Asha was awarded for Best of (The Blue Room Theatre, 600 Seconds, Perth Fringe World Festival) for her debut piece, Drift. She is co-founder of the Second Generation Collective with Perth and UK-based video artist Elham Eshraghian-Haakansson. Together, they work with the local Iranian-Australian community to curate stories of displacement, migration, home and identity via multi modal art forms. Asha wrote and directed the theatre piece, Áváreh وارهٓا & Found at The Blue Room Theatre in January 2021. In March 2021, Elham & Asha led the collective in its first major 3-week exhibition at PS Space, Fremantle. The pair later took an iteration of this exhibition to Denmark Festival of Voice 2021. In 2024, Asha co-directed and performed in Love Letter to the Nightingale presented by Eshraghian-Haakansson as part of The Blue Room Theatre anuual season Asha has worked as a Teaching Artist for Barking Gecko Theatre Company and on the team at The Blue Room Theatre. She is also a member of Women of Music Production Perth (WOMPP) and is has provided sound design for several multi-modal exhibits in Perth. Asha pursues the ‘untold stories’ around her and seeks to connect with audiences via authenticity, empathy, vulnerability, and humour. Her focus on community arts projects revolves around exploring the migrant experience and giving voice to the next generations.