Zak Ghazi-Torbati

(he/him)

Zak is an Iranian/Welsh writer, actor and single pringle. 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. In 2021, Zak was runner-up for the David Nobbs New Comedy Writing Competition and was shortlisted for the World Productions’ Writers’ Award. He wrote sketches for the BBC One Wales comedy series Age of Outrage, which he also starred in. He was commissioned to write for the Happened Here podcast, performed by Joanna Lumley and Stephen Fry. His comedy pilot – The Other Half – co-written with Kate Reid, was a finalist in the TCN/UKTV WriterSlam. With Reid, he is developing a new comedy series with Baby Cow called The Ick Factor, about the highs and hideous lows of modern dating – something he knows a lot about.