Pouya Bakhshi (Andrei) started as a child actor, having done ‘The Caucasian Chalk Circle’, KLPAC, 2017. He joined Sunway University’s Diploma in Performing Arts in 2022. In Theatre he devised and performed, ‘Where we Belong’ 2023, and ‘When the Caged Bird sings’ 2023, whilst doing Lighting Design/Operation for those productions. In Film he was the Lead role in ‘The Forgotten’ 2023, a short film, an extra in ‘Dinosaurs’ 2022, a MV, and the lead role in ‘Train Food’ 2022, a MV, which he also directed, along with documentaries, ‘Roya’ 2022, and most recently ‘Az Bikh’ 2023, a short film.
My work is fuelled by an 8-year-old boy, who feared performing on stage, and barely knew how to speak, but as he aged, he fell in love with everything that came with theatre. Enjoying a project to me is being able to let that inner child out, and for him to be able to explore. I can only be proud of the work I do as an artist, if that work was enjoyable, whether it be a stage performance, a film shoot, or helping in different ways. If we suppress our inner children as artist, then that art is useless.