Zak Ghazi-Torbati

Zak is a half-Iranian/half-Welsh writer, actor and songwriter. Zak co-wrote and performed the award-winning, comedy musical HOT GAY TIME MACHINE alongside Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss. It went on to sold-out runs in the West End (Trafalgar Studios), Crazy Coqs, The Other Palace, Soho Theatre and Joe’s Pub (NY). Collectively, they have written comedy songs for Courtney Act’s Christmas Extravaganzaon Channel 4 and her most recent world tour/concept album FLUID.

In 2021, Zak was runner-up for the David Nobbs New Comedy Writing Competition and was shortlisted for World Productions’ Writers’ Award. Zak starred in the BBC 1 Wales comedy show AGE OF OUTRAGE in 2020, which he also wrote sketches for with his screenwriting partner, Kate Reid. Together their comedy pilot THE OTHER HALF, produced by Ranga Bee Productions for UKTV, was broadcast on DAVE in August.