Echoes of a Quiet Act

A new multidisciplinary performance about Noor Inayat Khan — Sufi musician, wartime spy, and soul torn between inner peace and resistance. Premiering September 2026.

Echoes of a Quiet Act is a new multidisciplinary performance project, premiering in September 2026, centred on the life of Noor Inayat Khan. The work explores Noor’s extraordinary story as a Sufi musician, writer, and wireless operator for the British Special Operations Executive during the Second World War. Moving between inner spirituality and the harsh realities of war, her life embodies a profound tension between peace and resistance, vulnerability and courage.

Through a combination of live harp performance, electronic sound, spoken word, and theatrical elements, Echoes of a Quiet Act brings Noor’s world to life. Fragments of text, music, and historical material are interwoven to create a layered narrative that reveals not only her actions, but her inner life - her doubts, her strength, and her unwavering sense of purpose.

The project is created in close collaboration with composer and sound artist Wouter Snoei, stage director Cora Burggraaf and Han Ruiz Buhrs, set design