Bijan Sheibani (Persian: بیژن شیبانی) is a British theatre director and writer.
He studied English literature at St Hugh's College, Oxford, and holds an MA in advanced theatre practice from the Central School of Speech and Drama.
Earlier this year Barber Shop Chronicles toured to full houses in Australia and New Zealand after two sell-out runs at the National Theatre in 2017.
Later this year Bijan will direct Clare Barron's award-winning new play Dance Nation for the Almeida Theatre (27 Aug-6 Oct).
[3] He won the James Menzies-Kitchen Award for Young Directors in 2003 and held the John S Cohen Bursary at the National Theatre Studio from 2003 to 2004.