Enkidu Khaled (born in Baghdad, based in Brussels) is a theatre maker and performer.
He studied theatre until 2006 at the Institute of Fine Arts of Baghdad where he began working in cinema. In 2008 he had to leave Iraq because of the emerging war. Later settling in Belgium, he created several internationally recognized theatre productions.
During his study in Amsterdam (2014-2017), he developed the “Working Method” which he implements in his art education practice addressing professionals and amateurs.
In 2016 the "Working Method'' project for stage won the “Big in Belgium” award and was presented at the Edinburgh Festival. For his documentary theatre piece „Baghdad“ (2017) he got awarded with the Best Acting Performance at the MESS International Theatre Festival Sarajevo in 2018. His theatre play “Bar by bar, night by night, story by story, onward!“ adapted for stage the debut novel of the Iraqi writer Hassan Blasim and premiered in 2021 in KaaiTheatre Brussel. In 2022 he brought on stage the collective performance “Tank Tink/One” in the frame of ECOPOLIS annual rendezvous for those committed to a sustainable future. In 2024 "Donja Hota" premiered at KaaiTheatre Brussel, where he deals with the legacy of the Egyptian feminist writer, activist and physician Nawal El Saadawi.
Furthermore, he teaches in Belgium and internationally, and is since 2021 associate artist at Toneelacademie Maastricht.
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Straat per straat, verhaal per verhaal, Enkidu Khaled in Etcetera (NL), Etcetera (Arabic)
