About

Zara Jayne

Actor, Writer, Podcaster

Zara Jayne graduated from the prestigious Royal Central School of Speech and Drama with a Performance Making Diploma. Since graduating she has guest stared in Holby City on (BBC1) and Damned on (Channel 4). Her numerus theatre credits include; Famdom at Performance Space, Sensory Immersion at The Arcola, London, Martha Josie and the Chinese Elvis at Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough and New Vic in Stoke, and Fix Us at Edinburgh Fringe and The Vault, which she devised with other performers. She performed ‘In Touch’ at The National Theatre. And took part in WOW Festival with the Where’s My Vagina collaborative. She has also appeared in the Scope web series – End the Award.

Zara was first published at age ten when she had her first poem published in Cosmic. She has also had a few poems published in a charity magazine called Sense. Is a key contributor to the Not Going Back To Normal campaign. Her poems; The Tunnel and Behind The Curtain are featured in ‘A Blind Bit of Difference.’ She has also been involved in Stephen Joseph Theatre poetry summer school where she created two poem-films. She has also written a short play ‘Waste’ performed in 2009 at the Oval Theatre, London.

Zara is passionate about combining audio, video and the written word to create compelling sensory workshops.  You can find out more about her work by listening to her podcast ‘The Zara Show’ on Anchor.