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Emma Zadow - Actor - Writer

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Remarkably physical

The Stage 'Holding The Man' Offie-Nominated

Testimonial 2

Zadow has not only perfect comic timing, but wonderful dramatic effect, carrying both the comic and tragic nature.

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Emma Zadow - Actor - Writer

I am an actor, playwright, and screenwriter. I trained as an actor at Rose Bruford College and Centre College, Kentucky, and am an alumnus of the National Youth Theatre and RADA Summer Schools.

Stage highlights includes MENGELE (Smokescreen Productions), co-starring Tim Marriott (The Brittas Empire), which won the Fringe Encore Award at the Soho Playhouse in New York, BULLET HOLE (Park Theatre), HOLDING THE MAN (OFFIE-Nominated, Off West End), FRIDGE (Hope Theatre) and A THOUSAND EGGS (Arcola).

I was selected as an ITV Creative Access Mentee in 2024 (mentored by Julie Clark), a BBC New Creative in 2021, a Criterion Theatre Playwright in 2024, Mercury Theatre Playwright in 2022, a Menagerie Theatre Young Playwright in 2022, and am a former member of Soho Theatre’s Writers Lab (2019).

My writing has been shortlisted for Writer-in-Residence at Theatr Clwyd and for several national awards, including the Tony Craze Award (Soho Theatre), the ETPEP Award (Finborough Theatre), and the Bread & Roses Playwriting Award. In 2024, I won the High Tide Theatre Ghost Story Award.

Recent selections include the Pleasance Theatre Scratch (2025) and the Criterion Theatre Showcase (2025) in London’s West End. I was also commissioned by The Customs House to write a new play with original music about South Shields folk hero Dolly Peel, and am currently collaborating with MindOut Theatre Company on an immersive eco-drama in Nottingham.

My short film JIGGING, commissioned by BBC Arts & Screen South, won Best Short and Best Actress at international festivals including Seattle Independent, Sydney Australian, Hong Kong Indie, Hollywood Boulevard, and Red Moon, and was nominated at Stockholm Shorts, San Francisco Arthouse, and Swedish International.

My debut play Fridge is published by Renard Press.

Writing commissions include work for Mind Out Theatre, Unanima Theatre Company, Mountview Academy, Theatr Clwyd, Actors of Dionysus, and Les Enfants Terribles.

My comedy short film The Cromer Special won Best Short at Cinemagic and was nominated at the HER International and Craic Film Festivals. I was selected for the Fresh Ink Screenwriting Mentorship with Last Conker.

Currently in development: Swans Are Arseholes — a dark comedy exploring deep fake porn and identity theft — which has recently been selected for development with the Pleasance Theatre, Union Theatre, and Criterion Theatre.

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