Born and raised in Iran, Mohammad Yaghoubi is an award-winning playwright, director, screenwriter, theatre instructor, and co-artistic director of Toronto-based NOWADAYS THEATRE company. With over a decade’s experience in theatre, Mohammad moved to Canada in 2015 and co-founded NOWADAYS THEATRE company in 2016.
His plays have been translated into six languages and produced in Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Kurdistan, Russia, Sweden, The Czech Republic, Turkey, and the USA.
Recent Credits: Persimmon (360-degree videos), Heart of a Dog’ (Online at the Next Stage Theatre Festival, 2022), and ‘Winter of 88’ (Next Stage Theatre Festival, 2020, Factory Theatre MainSpace).
Selected Awards: The Promising Pen Prize from Cahoots Theatre for his play ‘Persimmon’, 2021; The National Theatre Critics Society Award for Outstanding Play – Drought & Lies; First place winner of the Iranian Playwrights Society and third place winner of the New Play Contest in Toronto’s Fringe Festival – 2016 for Outstanding Writing – A Moment of Silence; The National Theatre Critics Society Award for Outstanding Writing – Geraniums; The National Theatre Critics Society Award for Outstanding Direction- Dance of Torn Papers and the Tehran Theatre Festival Award for Outstanding Writing and Directing – Winter of 88.