Zak Ghazi-Torbati

Zak is an Iranian/Welsh writer, lyricist and actor. He 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 at the Edinburgh Fringe, the Trafalgar Studios, and Soho Theatre. Zak is now developing HGTM into a musical TV series with Left Bank Pictures. He wrote sketches for the BBC One Wales comedy series Age of Outrage, which he also starred in. His comedy pilot - The Other Half - co-written with Kate Reid, was a finalist in the TCN/UKTV WriterSlam and aired on UKTV’s Dave. Zak was runner-up for the David Nobbs New Comedy Writing Competition and was shortlisted for both the World Productions’ Writers’ Award and the Blaidd Writers Programme 2025.

Zak is part of this year’s BBC Comedy Collective and has been paired with Boffola as a production company mentor. He also participated in the writers’ room for an upcoming series with BBC Studios. He is currently developing several projects, including the sitcom Co-working with Tiger Aspect and The Ick Factor, about the highs and hideous lows of modern dating—something he sadly knows a lot about.