Rana Ghaderi (1988) born in Birmingham, United Kingdom and grew up in Shiraz, Iran; is a writer, director, actress & teacher in Theatre. She began her career in 2011, collaborating on numerous local and international theater projects and festivals. Throughout her career she received several awards for her writing, directing, and acting. From 2017 to 2018, she served as a Next Generation Theater Research Workspace member hosted by TheaterHaus Frankfurt. Seeking to explore innovative methods and media for storytelling, she embarked on a master’s degree in digital film studies at the Universal Art School in Valencia, Spain, starting in 2022. In the same year, her first novel, ‘The Black Hole’ ,an allegory in praise of Theater & Storytelling, was published by Mehri Publication in London, UK. Her collection of poems for children; ‘The Noblest Creature & The Others’ was published by the same publisher in June 2023.