Danny Yazdani

Danny Yazdani is a freelance writer who has been published by Honi Soit, Pulp, The Writing and Society Research Centre, Sydney University Publishing and Salience. Most recently, he has also become a Playwave Creative where he is adding to his reviewing experience and developing other arts-based articles for the organisation.

Danny Yazdani's Latest Articles

Two panels. On the left is a woman with curly blonde hair, wearing a pale peach top. On the right is the cover of a book, 'One Hundred years of Betty', which ihas a woman in the centre, with radiating spokes of colours in shades of blue, tan, orange.
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Book review: One Hundred Years of Betty, Debra Oswald

What life lessons has Betty learned after living for a century?

Danny Yazdani

Jun 2, 2025
Two panels. On the left is author Garrett Carr who has grey hair and beard and wearing a navy blue shirt. On the right is the cover of his book 'The Boy From the Sea' that feature a young boy on the left looking at the sea with seagulls flying above.
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Book review: The Boy from the Sea, Garrett Carr

An abandoned baby is found and adopted into a struggling family.

Danny Yazdani

Mar 12, 2025
Eight musicians on stage at the Second Iranian Music Festival.
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Music review: Dela Ensemble, Second Iranian Music Festival

This troupe aims to introduce traditional Iranian music to a wider audience.

Danny Yazdani

Oct 31, 2024
A woman in a sari is sitting next to a bearded man with a blue shirt and dark pants in the stage show of 'Ten years to Home.'
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Theatre review: Ten Years to Home, KXT on Broadway

An autobiographical play that traverses the universal themes of migration, identity and belonging.

Danny Yazdani

Oct 1, 2024
A Middle Eastern man in a green fluro top is holding a slice of watermelon.
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Comedy review: Big Nose Big Dreams, Sydney Fringe Festival

A debut solo show from an Egyptian-Australian writer and comic who avoids the usual diaspora stories.

Danny Yazdani

Sep 30, 2024
An Indian man, Delhi Buoy, in a white T-shirt and a black cap is standing with his arms spread out.
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Comedy review: The Racist Immigrants, Sydney Fringe Festival

POC comedians indulge and take a swipe at ethnic stereotypes.

Danny Yazdani

Sep 24, 2024
Karim. Two men. The young one is playing an oud. The old one has his arms in the air.
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Theatre review: Karim, National Theatre of Parramatta

How one young man's life changes when he discovers a traditional Middle Eastern instrument.

Danny Yazdani

Jul 30, 2024
A man and a woman are wearing bridal white. She has a crown of flowers on her head. There are other people in the background talking.
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Theatre review: Blood Wedding, Flight Path Theatre

A production that has celebrated origins, but does not meet expectations.

Danny Yazdani

Jul 30, 2024
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