Hidayat Sami is a Mumbai based theatre professional who has been working as a director, actor and a lighting designer since 1991. He has trained with veteran theatre guru Pandit Satyadev Dubey, Naseeruddin Shah and Sunil Shanbag and has been a part of over a hundred and seventy-five theatre productions in English, Hindi and Marathi.

His work as an actor includes plays like Striptease, Snapshots From An Album, Irani Caf, Mahatma Versus Gandhi, Timeboy, The Doll, The Boy Who Stopped Smiling, Cotton 56 Polyester 84 to name a few.

He trained for lighting with theatre veteran Sunil Shanbag and has designed lights for productions like Hamlet, Sir Sir Sarla, Dear Liar, Vagina Monologues, Stories In A Song, Dreams Of Taleem among a host of others.

As a director, his works include All About Women, Umrao, Peter Pan, Classic Milds, Jaan E Jigar, Balle Balle and Medha And Zoombish.

Besides this, he is also actively involved in conducting acting workshops for youngsters. He also helps regularly with the planning, programming and running of the Prithvi Theatre Festival in Mumbai.