FORIEGNER
Creator, writer, director, producer
Summerhall, Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2026
Denver Fringe 2026
fringeartS 2025
Cannonball 2024
A dizzying solo performance that simultaneously explains and refuses to explain Sohrab Haghverdi’s experience as an Iranian asylum seeker in the United States. A paradoxical autobiographical anti-comedy, anti-identity clown show inspired by Rumi's call to kill your self (بمیرید) and told through Sohrab's stories on race, nationality, and piss drinking.
Tickets for our Edinburgh run
REVIEWS and accolades
The Guardian lists FORIEGNER as a “must-see at Edinburgh 2026.”
Winner of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival’s Bragi Award.
The Guardian, “A Marmite show that is equal parts perplexing and delightful.”
The Scotsman, “Iranian tales: five Fringe shows that go beyond the headlines.”
Binge Fringe, “If ‘Waiting for Godot’ and ‘American Pie’ merged into a clown show.”
Plays Unpleasant, Highly Recommended. “An inventive and often outrageous piece of clowning about art, immigration, and identity which makes the border tangible in maybe the most disgusting possible way. Unconventional. Undissmissable. Unforgettable. “
