Sara Amini is a performer, singer and the artistic director of Seemia Theatre.

Sara is from Iran, and is now based in London. She studied BA Theatre Directing at Tehran University and MA Performance Making at Goldsmiths, University of London. She also trained with Teatr Pieśń Kozła (Song of the Goat) Theatre Company and Ariane Mnouchkine, director of Theatre du Soleil.

For Seemia Theatre, she has Directed different shows including ‘Evros | The Crossing River’, which won Summerhall Lustrum Award 2018, Nominated for Amnesty International Freedom of Expression and featured on BBC world Service. ‘TAKE ON THIS’ which has been chosen by Barbican as part of Open Lab 2022 and has been mentored by Katie Mitchell.

Seemia is an associate theatre company at Oxford Play House on 2024.

Sara was Assistant Director and Accent coach on ENGLISH by Sanaz Toossi, a Pulitzer prize winning play, directed by Diyan Zora at the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Her first Solo show is going to be at Camden People’s Theatre and A Play, A Pie & A Pint for Spring 2025. She has been commissioned to direct a community based project at Arc Stockton Art Centre in summer 2025.