C.V.
Name : Kasim Matrood
Date of birth : 1961
Place of birth : Baghdad / Iraq
Nationality : Iraqi , Dutch.
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Mob : 00447533970200
Certificates :
- A bachelor degree in theatre arts / theatre direction department from Fine Arts Academy/ Baghdad university in 1998.
- Diploma in theatre arts/ direction department from Fine Arts Institute in 1979.
- Diploma in the field of preparation and production of T.v. Programs from Media Academy/ Hilversum.
- En specialized course in writing scenarios from Radar Academy
- Honor rewards : I got many honor rewards for the following:
- Participation in the first university theatre festival held in Fine Arts
college in Baghdad in 1995.
- Participation in the Iraqi theatre festival as a critic in 1995.
- Taking part in the third Iraqi theatre festival and had many critical
works in 1996.
-Taking part in the fourth Iraqi festival in 1997.
- Participation in the second Monodrama festival in 1998.
- Plays
- I wrote the following plays :
- Savages’ Rituals.
- The Spirit Has Other Windows.
- Dawn Moaning.
- Containers Do not Experience Sadness.
- Let’s Drink.
- My Blood is Shadow and Stations.
- Dreams of a destructed place.
- Wood’s Illusions.
-Only Wastes.
- Playing on the Fire.
- This Dinner is not the Last.
- Bench’s Dialogue.
- The Sun’s Escape.
- Silence Echo.
- Your Highness.
- Containers without home.
- A civilian.
- Dead Without History.
- Time ceremonies.
And many others…..
- Printed books :
- The Spirit Has Other Windows.
- Dawn’s Moaning.
- The Containers Do not Experience Sadness
and other plays.
- Body And Death Symphony.
- Books under printing :
-Dolls, Stations and Shadow.
- Corpse’s Sadness.
- Iraqi Theatre is Constant Offer.
- Wastes Only and other plays.
- Some of the books that deal with my theatrical experience:
- Realism in The Iraqi Theatre, Kassim Matrood an Idealist.
- Kassim Matrood in The Mirrors of Theatrical Criticism.
- Women in Kassim Matrood’s Theatre.
- Kassim Matrood, love, War and exile.
- Theatre Direction: I directed the following plays:
- A Scream Against the Soul in 1979.
- Base and Exception by Bertold Brecht in 1980.
- Dolls’ Show in Al-Haraj Market in Iraq in 1986.
- Most of my plays were performed on stages in Iraq, Jordan, International museum of Roterdam , Kuwait, Tunisia, Libyan, Syria, Oman and Holland
and within many international theatres and festivals in various countries.
- Prizes : I have got the following prizes
- The best monodrama prize on my play The Containers.
- I was awarded a prize by the Iraqi Theatre Center for my participation and efforts to develop theatre movement in Iraq.
- A pioneer prize by the aforementioned center.
- Many of higher studies students have my theatrical experiment as a subject for their thesis. For example Fawzi Al-Saidi, a student from Morocco, got diploma degree for his thesis that dealt with Kassim’s theatre.
- Experiences :
- I worked in film checking in the Iraqi t.v.
- I have worked as a journalist since 1982 and published many articles in Arabic and Iraqi newspapers.
- I worked in Iraq newspaper for the period (1983- 1987) and wrote mainly about the most important theatrical events in the world.
- I was in charge of theatre column in Al-Jumhoriya newspaper from 1994 till 1998.
- I worked as a member in the administrative board in Ahkak
magazine.
- I worked as a member in the administrative board in Asfar
magazine.
- I worked as a member in Al-Oloom electronic magazine.
- A member in the Iraqi Writers Union.
- A member in and one of the founders of Iraqi Cultural Parliament in Holland.
- Translations :
Many of my plays are translated into English, Dutch, French and
Hebrew.
Invitations :
- I was invited to attend Kertaj theatrical Festival for experimental theatre in the twentieth anniversary. I participated in many cultural meetings.
- I got invitation to attend Cairo festival for experimental theatre as editor in chief of Masraheon magazine.
- I was invited to attend the Arabic theatre festival.
- I got an invitation to attend the second Theatre Festival in Oman.
- I have got invitation to attend the first meeting entitled The Arabic Drama as a Text, ideas and Ideology in Sweden in a trial to translate and perform my plays on the Swedish stages.
- And many other uncountable invitations last of which was to be a member in the charging committee in the National Festival for Professional Theatre
In 2009.
- Editor in chief of the first electronic magazine that deals with theatrical arts.