When the Voice Turns
A solo multidisciplinary performance — in development
She is a woman. Depending on who is telling the story, that alone is enough to condemn her— and women have always been among the storytellers.
Rooted in ancient Mesopotamian myth, When the Voice Turns weaves ritual movement, dance, live song, and theatre to trace the oldest stories of control — how power learns to sound like truth.
These are ancient stories, told in the present, where audiences are not passive observers — they are witnesses.
A scratch of the work was shared at the Cockpit Theatre, London, in March 2026. The piece is currently in development.
Seven Gestures of the Unseen
Seven Gestures of the Unseen is a collaborative performance work by Sheelan and artist/ photographer Esther Sabetpour. Born from Esther’s vision of an embodied reimagining of the Haft-Seen (هفتسین) — the traditionally inanimate ceremonial table at the heart of Nowruz (نوروز), the Persian New Year. Developed through movement, photography, and shared spiritual inquiry, the piece asks which traditions we carry forward with intention, and which patterns we are ready to release.
The work reclaims the body and reclaims faith — away from political structure and back into personal, embodied practice. It holds identity in both its visible and inherited forms, and honours the necessity of difference existing alongside difference. Amidst ongoing grief and destruction, it holds space for hope.
A work in progress, in both its photographic and live forms.
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