Riwa Saab is a cross-disciplinary artist and theatremaker. Her work often interrogates how art puts people and our relationships at the centre of the political narratives we inhabit, while particularly exploring the diasporic experience of building cultural bridges, unpacking generational and familial baggage, and creating space for pockets of joy.



OPIA Collective was founded in 2017 with the primary intention to create multidisciplinary work which provides under-represented perspectives to the society that we live in. As a collective, our strengths lie in various art forms such as writers, film-makers, designers, musicians, poets & dancers led by Artistic Director Masha Kevinovna and Associates Cara Evans and Elizabeth Hollingshead.

We are an Associate Company of National Youth Theatre.

Our work has been performed, commissioned, developed at Bunker Theatre, VAULT Festival, Theatre Royal Stratford East, Lyric Hammersmith, Battersea Arts Centre, Theatre Peckham.Current members have worked extensively in their art forms within establishments such as National Youth Theatre, Royal Court, Trinity LABAN, Royal Albert Hall, Gate Theatre, Soho Theatre, Roundhouse and Southbank Centre. ​

Our previous work includes ‘LOVE BOMB’ (National Youth Theatre), ‘LALI’ (Mercury Theatre, VAULT Festival), ‘Babel’ (Camden People’s Theatre), ‘Maryland’ (Riverside Studios, National Youth Theatre), ‘The Girl With Glitter In Her Eye’ (Bunker Theatre) & ‘This Queer House’ (VAULT Festival 2020). The creative team at OPIA also worked together outside the collective to devise Ordinary Miracle with the 2021 National Youth Theatre REP company. ​