A show for anyone who’s ever felt too foreign in one room and not foreign enough in another, Sahra Davoudi performs Am I Who? X 2, at the Festival Hub: Meat Market (Craft Room), North Melbourne, as part of the 2026 Melbourne Fringe, from 6 – 10 October.
The customer says: Your accent is so beautiful. She says: Thank you, it caused me enormous financial hardship.
One performer, countless places, countless versions of her, depending on who’s asking. Tehran, Melbourne, the immigration office, the kebab shop, her boss’s hand (the molester), the family WhatsApp screen (‘I’m fine’).
Through sharp comic self-observation and deeply unnecessary levels of oversharing, Davoudi moves through loneliness disguised as charisma, freedom that doesn’t always feel free, and the strange emotional shapeshifting required to constantly fit in anywhere, everywhere, somewhere?
Part confession, part performance, part very public emotional unravelling, Am I Who? x 2 explores what happens when survival becomes second nature – when performing yourself starts to feel safer than being yourself.
Sahra Davoudi is a Melbourne/ Naarm based actor and playwright. She holds a Bachelor of Theatre Arts from the University of Art and Architecture in Tehran and a Master of Theatre Writing from the Victorian College of the Arts. Her work explores identity, migration and belonging, combining personal storytelling with contemporary theatre performance.
Am I Who? X 2 is Sahra’s first solo work as a writer/performer after working extensively as an actor and writer with Melbourne/Naarm’s Outer Urban Projects where her work has gained strong reviews.
“Sahra Davoudi has a striking presence and is a fearless writer” – Christos Tsiolkas
Director: Margaret Mills | Writer & Performer: Sahra Davoudi | Sound: Noah Sheehan | Stage Manager: Georgette Tetaz | Producer: Glenda Hambly
AM I WHO? X 2
Festival Hub: Meat Market – Craft Room, 5 Blackwood Street, North Melbourne
Season: 6 – 10 October 2026
Information and Bookings: www.melbournefringe.com.au
Image: Sahra Davoudi by Matthew Doherty