As an Iranian-Belgian actor and the­a­ter maker, Farbod Fathinejadfard joi­ned Transfo Collect after com­ple­ting a two-year pro­gram at RITCS — first as a mem­ber, later as a pro­fes­si­o­nal men­tor. As an actor, Farbod appe­a­red in Capsaicin by Michiel Soete, com­mis­si­o­ned by Globe Aroma (2016), Museum Night Fever – Villa en Pain by K.A.K (2017), and If There Weren’t Any Blacks, You’d Have to Invent Them (2018) by Aurélie Di Marino. The lat­ter pro­duc­ti­on, which was selec­ted for the #nieuw­jong series at Het Theaterfestival (2019), spar­ked Farbod’s cre­a­ti­ve awa­re­ness, resul­ting in his debut Shiraz, tell me about the revo­lu­ti­on? (2019). In this per­for­man­ce, he explo­red the mea­ning of his dual iden­ti­ty in a world that pre­fers clear-cut cate­go­ries. The pro­duc­ti­on was nomi­na­ted for the young makers pro­gram at Theater aan Zee.