Dina
Badr
Egyptian actress
and theatre director
ON STAGE SINCE 1998 · SHARJAH
دينا بدر
ممثلة ومخرجة مسرحية مصرية
على الخشبة منذ ١٩٩٨ · الشارقة
Egyptian actress
and theatre director
ON STAGE SINCE 1998 · SHARJAH
دينا بدر
ممثلة ومخرجة مسرحية مصرية
على الخشبة منذ ١٩٩٨ · الشارقة
On stage since the age of thirteen; directing since 2015. Every production adapted for the festival form — full plays distilled to thirty minutes. Shakespeare, Brecht, Camus, Miller, Strindberg, Lorca, Mrożek, Buero Vallejo, Dorfman, Anagnostaki and Wesker in Arabic, alongside Alfred Farag and Lenin El-Ramly. More than two hundred productions and more than thirty acting and directing awards in Egypt and the Emirates; symposia in Tunisia and the United Kingdom.
Ariel Dorfman · Paulina — Dina Badr
Kalba Festival for Short Plays, 10th edition
August Strindberg
Kalba Festival for Short Plays, 9th edition · Sharjah Theatre Days, 32nd edition, 2023
“And what does it matter whose mistake it was, so long as I am the one who will pay the price.” — Julie
Sławomir Mrożek
Kalba Festival for Short Plays, 7th edition · Sharjah Theatre Days 2019
Federico García Lorca
Kalba Festival for Short Plays, 4th edition
Egypt, 1998–2008: more than two hundred theatre productions, thirty radio dramas and five television series. Selected work in the Emirates:
Egypt: presenter of the television programme “She” (Hiya), five years.
Sharjah Radio · Ramadan seasons
Voice-over and dubbing across many Ramadan seasons. Around forty recorded puppet productions in Arabic and English — some eighty recordings — performed from behind the booth.
Child
Elder
Villain
Comic
Narrator
Animation
Fifteen years of family entertainment and children's theatre in the Emirates — storytelling, character performance, puppetry, hosting and games. The full range of Disney characters, and many more.
A decade with disabled artists. Twelve annual operettas (ongoing) for Sharjah City for Humanitarian Services, performed before the Ruler of Sharjah, and seven years of its closing ceremony — show caller, deputy stage manager and live sound. Co-founder, with the team, of Sharjah Mime — the first deaf acting company in the United Arab Emirates — and its representative.
November 2017: closed workshops between Deaf Men Dancing and Sharjah Mime, alongside their performance Embrace at Dubai Opera. Unlimited Festival and symposium, London, September 2018: representing the organisation; a partnership agreed with the British Council. Then delivered: the company Deaf Men Dancing brought in to work with Sharjah Mime — a new dance-theatre ensemble created in five days and presented at Dubai Opera, February 2019.
Acting coach and workshop leader — acting, puppetry and voice — with Sajaya Young Ladies of Sharjah and in schools across the Emirates. Arab Theatre Festival, Cairo: a jointly delivered workshop — lead coordinator, representing the University of the Arts Sharjah.
Symposium of higher institutes of dramatic art, Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts, Tunis — representing the University of the Arts Sharjah, and assisting Prof. Peter Barlow in the acting workshop, alongside the Journées Théâtrales de Carthage.
Egypt, 1998–2008 — Best Actress, many times, across four festival circuits: the National Theatre Festival (Salem Witches, Bab Al-Futuh), the Experimental Theatre Festival (Suleiman Al-Halabi), the Culture Palaces Festival (A Land That Does Not Grow Flowers, Brothers, but!, The Double Story of Doctor Valmy) and the Universities Youth Team Festival (Caligula, The Gypsy, The Nightmare, Watch a King, Ya Al Abbas).
Member, Sharjah National Theatre and Sharjah Modern Theatre · UAE Golden Residency.
“It was a true pleasure directing Dina in multiple theatre productions. As an actress, she brings remarkable discipline, infectious energy, and a deeply collaborative spirit to every rehearsal and performance. … Dina is the kind of artist who transforms creative visions into reality with both skill and heart.”
Ezzedine Abdelhady · Film & Theatre Director · directed her“She brings the insight and sensitivity of a practicing artist to her work, understanding firsthand the dedication and vulnerability required to pursue the performing arts. … Her presence on stage is powerful and compelling, reflecting her passion and discipline.”
Kathleen Bell · Vocologist“Dina is one of the most dedicated and passionate individuals I have collaborated with. She approaches her work with remarkable commitment, professionalism, and a genuine enthusiasm that positively influences everyone around her. … She brings both focus and creativity to what she does, always striving to achieve the best possible outcome.”
Abdelbary Saad · Award-winning Theatre Director · MFA DirectingQuoted verbatim, in their original language; … marks a cut.