Rez Kabir

Rez Kabir
Native name রেজাউল কবির
Born Rezaul Kabir
1959 (age 56–57)
East Bengal (now Bangladesh)
Residence London, England
Nationality British
Ethnicity Bengali
Occupation Actor, storyteller, drama tutor
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Weight 74 kg (163 lb; 11.7 st)
Website www.rezthestoryteller.weebly.com

Rezaul Kabir (Bengali: রেজাউল কবির; born 1959), better known by his stage name Rez Kabir, is a Bangladeshi-born British stage and film actor.

Early life

As a child, Kabir wrote essays, science fiction stories, school dramas and nativity plays, and read books and comics.[1]

Career

After studying engineering at university, Kabir worked on over 30 productions with Tara Arts, as actor, stage manager and production manager, before moving into a didactic role in the Theatre in Education department.[1]

The theatrical traditions that Tara Arts performed had narratives from Greek and European styles to specifically Indian or South East Indian styles. He set up Tamarind Theatre Company, in order to pass on these stories, and encourage new generations of artists to excel.[1] He is artistic director of Tamarind Theatre Co., based in Tower Hamlets, which organisies storytelling plays, workshops and residencies.[2] Though based on tradition, the approach is contemporary with elements of song, dance, and even Indian beatboxing are woven into the stories.[1]

He is an actor, storyteller and drama tutor registered with London Borough of Tower Hamlets as a casual arts tutor. He has performed and taught throughout the UK and abroad in theatre, film and plays. This has been professionally, within schools education, community and other organisations.[2] He has performed at Victoria Parliament in Melbourne, Australia, Greenwich Cutty Sark and Museum of London and in the Docklands, Dublin, Edinburgh International Animation Festival and schools in London and the East End.[2]

Kabir has also starred in a number of films, including[1] Zohra[3] What You Looking At?,[4] Give to Me the Life I Love[1] and The Northern Paradigm. He is a core actor of the Brixton Windmill Project.[1]

Kabir has written and adapted a number of plays, including Legend of Black Lotus, Look at London, Sagol, The Magic Scroll. He performs his stories in English, incorporating other languages such as Bengali. His stories are world based from traditional, as well as modern, sources. Using songs, movement, mime and puppetry, which he received training for at Little Angel Theatre).[2] From August to September 2013, he played a lead role in Ayndrilla Singharay's Unsung, an adaptation of Rabindranath Tagore's short story Punishment at the Rosemary Branch Theatre.[5][6][7][8]

In November 2013, Kabir was interviewed by Nadia Ali on BBC Asian Network.[9]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2006 Zohra Bhaijaan Short
2011 What You Looking At? Dad Short
2012 Give to Me the Life I Love Shopkeeper Short
2015 The Northern Paradigm Sam Supporting role

Stage

Year Title Role Venue
2009 Medea Jason Brady Arts Centre
2010 Burst Masood The Zoo
2010 Homelands Narrator/Tiger/performer Allen Garden
2012 Exclusive One Business Owner Filim Studios
2013 Unsung Rana Rosemary Branch Theatre

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Rez Kabir". Cultural Co-operation. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Rez Kabir". Tower Hamlets Arts & Entertainment. January 2015. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
  3. ↑ "Zohra". British Council Film. 16 November 2009. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
  4. ↑ "What You Looking At?". Pink Life QueerFest: Pembe Hayat KuirFest. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
  5. ↑ Mortensen, Anne (30 August 2013). "Review - Unsung at Rosemary Branch". Camden: Camden Review. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
  6. ↑ Loxton, Howard (31 August 2013). "Theatre review: Unsung at Rosemary Branch Theatre". British Theatre Guide. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
  7. ↑ Kopplin, Carolin (31 August 2013). "Unsung at the Rosemary Branch Theatre". UK Theatre Network. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
  8. ↑ Perera, Shyama (30 August 2013). "Unsung review, The Rosemary Branch Theatre". Monkey Matters Theatre Reviews. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
  9. ↑ "'A Season of Bangla Drama' with Nadia". BBC Asian Network. 16 November 2013. Retrieved 1 October 2015.

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