My name is Yaz Al-Shaater, and I’m about to graduate from the Performance Arts course at Central School of Speech & Drama.
That’s probably not my defining feature though.
I am a theatre artist particularly interested in interactivity, comedy, and technology. I’m a performer director producer designer thing.
I run multi-award-winning theatre troupe Three’s Company, which I founded in Buxton when I was 13 (with Michael Grady-Hall and Tom Crawshaw).
I have also managed theatre venues and events for years, most notably as founder/director of Underground Venues and Executive Producer of The Accidental Festival (2006-2007).
I’m also a web and graphic designer, specialising in arts organisation and small businesses. This is the closest I come to making money. I’ve designed for Kath Burlinson, The Centre for Excellence in Theatre Training, my own Three’s Company, and dozens of others. Amongst others, I handle the websites for Working Magic, Head Press, and The Accidental Festival, as well as my own sites such as Underground Venues, Three’s Company, and OrlandoRicardo. There’s a wealth of examples of my work in my portfolio.
This is all very dry. Maybe you’d like some more personal stuff?
I was born Yacein Orlando Al-Shaater, on the 2nd May 1986, in Canterbury for anyone who cares. I grew up mostly in Buxton (Derbyshire) but I’m based in London now and probably always will be, lucky me...
I like playing the guitar, pita bread, the guardian, Joanna Reekie, going to the cinema a lot, my family, hot coffee, cold pizza, the Edinburgh Festival, languages, photography, FAT CONTENT, my ukulele, and lots of others things I can’t think to name.
That will do for now.
You can see my photos on flickr, find me on facebook, meet me on myspace, or befriend me on youtube. Or, for more formal information, if you’ve not been put off, check out my CVs or my portfolio.
You can find out more about Three’s Company at our website or facebook group, watch clips of us in action on our youtube channel, see our snaps on my flickr collection, read all about is on our blog, or show your support by becoming a fan of our facebook page or a friend on our myspace page.
If you made it this far, thanks for reading.