Running with Wild Horses

Running with Wild Horses is an interdisciplinary performance in development with Metro Arts and BEMAC, blending theatre, Persian electro-acoustic music/sound, autobiographical spoken word/rap, and immersive staging. It follows an Iranian-born activist whose past resurfaces when he is mistaken for an escapee during the 2002 Woomera protests. As memory and the present collide, the work explores displacement, survival, and belonging through rhythm, storytelling, and striking stage imagery. An immersive environment dissolves traditional audience–performer boundaries, inviting audiences into a shared, embodied experience.

“This work comes from a deeply personal place. It’s about survival, but also about beauty; how even in moments of fear, there’s rhythm, connection, and a kind of wildness that refuses to be contained.”
– Siyavash Doostkhah

Metro Arts Creative Development program supports artists to experiment and develop new multidisciplinary performance projects. Artists receive studio access, funding for artist fees and development expenses, critical dialogue, peer and audience feedback opportunities, and practical producing support to help refine new work.