Following this experimental work, in 2000, Soussan Farrokhnia and Mostafa Shafafi established a company by the name of Saam Ltd. The name Saam was inspired by the name of Rostam’s father, the main character in Shahnameh, with whom Iranians culturally identify.

In 2002 Soussan Farrokhnia, with the help of Soudabeh Farrokhnia and Mostafa Shafafi decided to create an environment for performing arts. She risked her personal finance to create this studio. Later, Javad Shams, Manoochehr Housseinpour, Elizabeth Mansfield and many others joined her in this endeavour. This is how SAAM HOUSE came to being, brought artists and drama lovers together and inspired many in the field of dramatic arts.

Despite its great success, SAAM HOUSE had to be closed down In 2005 because it was located in a residential area. However, this did not stop us from pursuing our dream.. we continued to work and to produce; although we now had to use other venues such as ARTS DEPOT for our performances.

Our new office is based in Finchley Road, London; and we are now operating under our new name: SAAM THEATRE COMPANY; registered as a charity in the UK and also as a limited company.As before, Soussan Farrokhnia continues to manage the company;she is our chief executive. Our current Board of Trustees consists of:

1. Elizabeth Mansfield – Chair person
2. Paul Milican – Treasurer
3. Stephan Thomas Trafford