Maryam Bigdeli is a writer, theatre director and actress. Her work sits at the crossroads of documentary theatre, collective storytelling and socially engaged artistic practices. A founding member of the Rassif Collective and a collaborator with Éditions Le Sélénite, she develops verbatim theatre and storytelling projects grounded in testimonies, life stories and field-based research. Her creations explore questions of gender, violence and power, using the stage as a space for political and embodied narration. In parallel to her artistic practice, she also holds a PhD in public health, which brings a strong research dimension to her practice, informed by an ongoing engagement with social justice, power relations and structural inequalities. Alongside her creative work, she designs and facilitates artistic workshops focused on voice, agency and collective writing for diverse audiences. Her pedagogical approach draws on improvisation, socially engaged theatre and storytelling tools to support individual and collective processes of expression and transformation.