User:Houda Echouafni

Houda Echouafni is Arab-British Actror, writer, producer, translator and former presenter.

She began her career as a Presenter on Arabic Television, working for MBC and Nickelodeon. She has translated a number of plays for the royal court one of which was published by Nick Hern books in 'Anthology Plays from the Arab World'.

= CAREER = Houda has had an extensive career as an Actror, ranging in theatre, film and tv.

TV
WAKING THE DEAD, HOTEL BABYLON, DOCTORS, THE GRID, SEA OF SOULS (BBC)

GREEN WING, Channel 4

FILM
Mask, 'PIERCING BRIGHTNESS', City Projects. Jasmin, '31 NORTH 62 EAST', . Suad, 'MESOCAFE'

'MARK CAIN'. 'WAR HERO' Girlfriend, 'BIRDS OF HEAVEN',  Fatema, 'DIRTY WAR', BBC/HBO,

Fatima, 'DEATH OF KINGHOFFER' Channel 4/Blast Films, Penny Woolcock.

STAGE
Her most notable theatre roles are Shahrazad, ONE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS, Tim Supple, Salwa Albadri, RETURN, The yard theatre and soho theatre,Various Roles, AFTER THE SPRING, Royal Court Theatre.

Aisha, PLAND, ReSister Theatre/Tristan Bates Theatre, Chris White, FARRAH, Soho Theatre, David More, Amor, 603, Royal Court Theatre, Rufus Norris

Sanaa, DAMAGE, The royal Court, Yeshou, HASSAN LKLISHE, Royal Court Theatre, Hermia, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, Ela, CHARLEY'S AUNT, Julia, THE DUCHESS OF MALFI, Masha, THREE SISTERS,

shah/various, ARAB NIGHTS, Metta Theatre, poppy morgan-burton Penelope, THE ODYSSEY, Teatrovivo, Mona, SCENES FROM 62 YEARS, The Arcola, Chris White.

SHH PRODUCTIONS
SHH is a production company founded by Houda Echouafni, Hossam Elsokari and Sophie Austin.

Houda acts as a producer and a writer at SHH productions.

'It is a small production company with big ideas'

She is working on developing stories that are character driven,stories which highlight the similarities and differences we have as people.They aim to produce work that is beautiful with an international vision and female focus.

They have recently shot and premiered 2 short films ' In a flash' and ' Just gone'.

They are currently working on 3 new projects 'Oh Mona!' A sitcom. Who is Lola?' A documentary, and ' The cage of sand', a feature film based on the novel ' WOMEN OF SAND AND MYRRH' written by acclaimed writer Hanan Alshaykh

VOICE OVER WORK
As well as presenting Houda has lent her voice to: Disney, Boomerang, Showtime , HBO, Nickelodeon And many other films and documentaries. Most notably she was the Arabic narrator for ' For Neda' directed by Anthony Thomas