Wael Qadour

Playwrighter and theatre director Wael Qadour graduated from Damascus Higher Institute for Dramatic Arts in 2005. In 2007, Wael was a playwright-in-residence in the 19th International Playwrights Residency organized by the Royal CourtCourt Theatre in London. He served as a writer and a dramaturg for several plays, and directed Ohio Impromtu by Samuel Beckett (Damascus, 2011) Far Away by Caryl Churchill (Amman, 2012) and When Farah Weeps by Mudar Al Haggi (Amman, 2014). Wael is a published playwright and play translator, and his work include: Virus (2008), Little Rooms (2013) and Dahal (2013).