About Me

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I am a freelance theatre producer with a huge interest in Fringe and Off-West End work. I am very passionate about the importance of Fringe theatre, but also like to approach projects with a commercial eye.

I am a full-time Associate Producer the King’s Head Theatre, I run Lidless Theatre alongside Director Max Harrison and I am an Associate Producer with Metal Rabbit Productions.

Currently, I am producing Philip Ridley’s Leaves of Glass at the Park Theatre & tour, and  I am Associate Producer on Boy Parts at Soho Theatre with Metal Rabbit Productions.

Recently I also produced, Ruah at King’s Place, Instructions for a Teenage Armageddon at the Southwark Playhouse (OFFIE Finalist), Philip Ridley’s Tender Napalm and JEW…ish at the King’s Head Theatre.

 

Current Work

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By Eliza Clark
Adapted By Gillian Greer
Soho Theatre

Produced by Soho Theatre & Metal Rabbit Productions

Role: Associate Producer at Metal Rabbit

“I wonder what I have to do for people to recognise me as a threat. Do I have to smash a glass over the head of every single man I come into contact with, just so I leave a mark?”

Irina takes erotic photos of average looking men. Always behind the lens, she watches, she moulds, and she stalks. These boys are putty in her hands, just the way she likes it.

When the opportunity to show her photographs in a fashionable London gallery – “darling, you just don’t get chances like this in the North” – coincides with a new boy to obsess over, cracks begin to appear. How far can she push her new prey for the perfect shot, or has she already gone too far?

Based on the critically acclaimed debut novel by Eliza Clark (Finalist in Women’s Prize for Fiction) and adapted by Gillian Greer (Meat, Theatre503; Petals, Theatre Upstairs), Boy Parts is a pitch-black psychological thriller that subverts the erotic gaze and asks what happens when our need for connection gets twisted.

Leaves of Glass

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Leaves of Glass

By Philip Ridley

Park Theatre, 90 – 11th May – 3rd June 2023

Yvonne Arnaud  – 15-17th June 2023

Hope Mill Theatre – 3-8th June 2023

Following its critically acclaimed run at Soho Theatre premiere in 2007, Philip Ridley’s four-hander is a gripping narrative of memory, manipulation, and power – now regarded as a modern classic – returns for the first time in 16 years with a new production by longtime collaborators, Lidless Theatre.

Reviews:

★★★★★ Theatre Weekly
★★★★★ The Recs
★★★★★ Theatre News
★★★★★ Once a Week Theatre

★★★★★ Box Office Radio
★★★★★ UKTW
★★★★ ½ Breaking the Fourth Wall
★★★★ ½ First Night Magazine 
★★★★Daily Mirror 
★★★★ Daily Express
★★★★ The Stage  
★★★★  What’s On Stage
★★★★  Broadway World
★★★★  The Upcoming 
★★★★ Spy in the Stalls
★★★★ Reviews Hub 
★★★★ Everything Theatre 
★★★★ Theatre & Tonic
★★★★ Lost In  Theatreland 
★★★★ Longstaff Reviews
★★★★ Plays to See 

Previous Work

BRAWN

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BRAWN

TEAM:
Writer & Performer – Christopher Wollaton
Director – Elliot Taylor

Revived as part of the Boys!Boys!Boys! Season at King’s Head Theatre, exploring modern-day masculinity.

16th August – 3rd Sept 2022

What if the lads at work poke fun at you for your chicken legs? What if the girl of your dreams goes off with popular lad James Robinson? What if you’re sick to death of looking in the mirror and hating what you see?

You get ripped, that’s what.

Locked away in his dad’s garage Ryan puts his body through a grueling regime – determined to bulk and cut, until he reaches perfection.

Brawn is a poignant examination of body dysmorphia and mental health issues in men.

Ruah

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Ruah

Ruah is a multimedia oratorio chamber music piece composed by Jeremy Arden. It combines live music, immersive electronic music, and visual effects that take you on the mystical journey of Ruah.

The piece is inspired by Jeremy’s Jewish upbringing and Buddhist beliefs.

Full Performance 23rd November at King’s Place.

Instructions for a Teenage Armageddon

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Instructions for a Teenage Armageddon

By Rosie Day
Southwark Playhouse
9th Feb – 5th March 2022.

Nominated for 3 OFFIES.

Team
Writer & Performer – Rosie Day
Director – Georgie Staight
Sound Design – Sam Glossop
Video Design – Dan Light
Lighting Design – Holly Ellis
Produced – Katy Galloway & Zoe Weldon

Tender Napalm

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Tender Napalm

By Philip Ridley
King’s Head Theatre
26th October – 20th November 2021.
Produced by me for Lidless Theatre.

It received three Offie Nominations (Best Production, Best Actor, Best Actress). Nominated for London Pub Theatre Standing Ovation Award.

Creative Team:
Director – Max Harrison
Set & Costume Design – Kit Hinchcliffe
Sound Design – Camille Marchadour
Lighting Design – Holly Ellis
Producer- Zoe Weldon

Mum

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Mum

Mum by Juliet Cowan
At the Playground Theatre

The show was canceled due to the outbreak of the pandemic. It was set for a 4 week run and had a wonderful creative team attached.

Team
Director – Yasmeen Arden
Set & Costume Designer – Jasmine Swan
Sound Designer – Nicola Chang
Lighting Designer – Ben Jacobs
Production Manager – Ryan Funnell
Producers – Zoe Weldon & Kitty Wordsworth

JEW..ish

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JEW..ish

King’s Head Theatre
Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2019 (Gilded Balloon)
Drayton Arms

JEW…ish sold out at the Drayton Arms and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival (Gilded Balloon). It transferred to King’s Head Theatre for a week’s run, which it also sold out. It was set to return for a 3-week run, however it was cancelled due to the outbreak of the pandemic. We did an online streaming version of the show with KHTOnline during the pandemic.

Team:
Co-Creators – Poppy Damon & Saul Boyer
Director – Kennedy Bloomer & Toby Hampton
Set & Costume Design – Georgia Cusworth
Cast – Saul Boyer & Edie Newman

★★★★★ ‘I don’t know if I’ve ever laughed quite so much at a piece of theatre’ Within Her Words

★★★★★ ‘JEW…ish is unmissable’ The Review’s Chap

★★★★★ ‘A hilarious play’ London Theatre Reviews

★★★★ ‘Filled to the brim with delectable cultural jabs and explosive humour’ Broadway World

★★★★ ‘Some of the best observational humour I’ve seen on stage’ London Pub Theatres

CHUTNEY

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CHUTNEY

Chutney at the Bunker Theatre was nominated for four OFFIES.

CREATIVE TEAM:
Writer – Reece Connolly
Director – Georgie Staight
Set & Costume Designer – Jasmine Swan
Sound Designer – Ben Winter
Lighting Designer – Matthew Carter

CAST:
Will Adolphy
Isabel Della Porta

★★★★★ LondonTheatre1
★★★★★ TheatreBox
★★★★★ Scare Tours
★★★★ 1⁄2 Reviews Hub
★★★★ Broadway World
★★★★ LGBTQ arts
★★★★ Breaking the Fourth Wall
★★★★ Paul in London
★★★★ WithinHerWords
★★★★ Pocket Size Theatre

Contact Me

I am looking to produce work with a clear and exciting vision. I am particularly interested to hear from people with Queer, Jewish and ‘fun’ projects (i.e Cabaret, comedy, unconventional ideas).

I am also interested in hearing about commercial projects… we’ve all got to pay the bills.

*Currently the form is not working, please email zmsweldon@gmail.com