About.

Riwa Saab is a theatre-maker, sound designer, poet and puppeteer. Working across different writing/composing and performance disciplines, you’ll find her in both creative and backstage capacities. Her art puts people and our relationships at the centre of the political narratives we inhabit, with recent explorations including the unpacking of generational and familial baggage, and the politics of pop princesses.

An alumnus of the Barbican Young Poets collective and a Roundhouse Slam Finalist, her poetry has been published in And Other Poems, Rusted Radishes, and Sukoon magazine, and her poem ‘night guard’ is shortlisted for Best Single Poem for the 2026 Forward Prizes.

She has assistant directed on a number of noteworthy theatre productions, including You Bury Me (Orange Tree Theatre, Bristol Old Vic, Edinburgh Lyceum) and Nowhere (Battersea Arts Centre). Her sound design has scored productions at the Bush Theatre, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, and Soho Theatre, among others, as well as for podcasts and short films, including Sugar Shots. As a puppeteer, she has trained at the Curious School of Puppetry.