Orly Noa Rabinyan

Orly Noa Rabinyan

Born in Israel to Persian parents, Orly Noa Rabinyan is an independent theatre director, writer and voice artist. Her work explores intercultural and multilingual dynamics.

In search of cultural hybridity, she developed a trilogy of directorial works that came to define her approach, titled Post Home Theatre: Persian Tea Ceremony, a participatory performance; The Man with the Flower in His Mouth, an adaptation of Luigi Pirandello’s work; and Parrhesia, a visual exploration of the intersection between the wedding and burial rituals.

She is set to stage an adaptation of her play The Appeal, which premiered in Tel Aviv in 2023, in Europe in 2026.

Other selected works include: Her play MULTI VERSE - On Speaking and Silence in a Life between Languages, about the silencing effects of migration, at the Neumarkt Theatre, Zurich; Her Israeli Story – a cross disciplinary performance for Ebraica Festival in Rome; BULL by Mike Bartlett, awarded Best Stage at the Israeli Fringe; a physical adaptation inspired by Meaterlinck’s INTERIOR for Taipei's Art Zone; OMG by Anat Gov at Karl Der Grosse, Zurich; FLEABAG by Phoebe Waller-Bridge at the Israel Festival, Jerusalem; HONEYPOT by Julia Pascal at the New Diorama theatre, London; A DROP IN THE SEA - her play at Tzavta, Tel Aviv. She was the co-artistic director of the podcast for the Israeli Association of Independent Stage Artists.

Orly Noa trained in London and Tel Aviv. She is a member of EVE and an alumna of the Lincoln Center Directors Lab, La MaMa Umbria and Asylum Arts.

She currently resides in Zurich.