David Riaz Zaman

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About me

David Riaz Zaman
I'm a writer, I'm a dramatist - plays, screenplays, TV & radio - and I work collaboratively and on my own initiative with speed, deliberation and those crucial, enduring three Ps: Passion, Power, Purpose.

I'm a Lecturer in Scriptwriting (post/undergraduate level), have received numerous development/commissions, including full professional productions (see below), and I 'get it' when it comes to Substance, Structure, Style.

Here's what I've done; an indicator of what I CAN do, and continue to do - with the right people, the right idea . . . the right time and place; i.e. NOW!

Best, Kindest

Dave Zaman (Zam)
Playwright, Screenwriter


Scriptwriting: Courses & Education
MA in Scriptwriting – Birmingham University.
Course Leader – David Edgar; with Terry Johnson, Trevor Griffiths, Howard Brenton, Arnold
Wesker, John McGrath, Richard Pinner, Charlotte Keatley, etc; studied alongside Sarah Kane.

Script Reader for Meyer-Whitworth and John Whiting Awards – Arts Council of GB.
Black & Asian Symposium – National Theatre.
Willy Russell – mentor; Ty-Newydd Writers’ Centre.
Alison Hindell – mentor; Ty-Newydd Writers’ Centre.
David Cregan – mentor; Theatre Royal Stratford East.
Rob Ritchie – Feature film Treatments course – Scriptfactory / Soho Theatre.


New Writing / Original Scripts
Life in Ten Screenplay Treatment; writer-director
Carlos Dittborn.
The Burden of Light Screenplay; for Adamantine Films.
Squeez’d Bridge House Theatre; monologue.
Float ‘n’ Fall DVM Theatre; performance (& actor).
Pale in the Shade of the Tide Tamasha; Scratch at Rich Mix.
Dog Man’s Folly Frequency Theatre; radio broadcast.
Dog Man's Folly (play) Script Read East.
Kick the Breeze B.A.C., Royal Court Theatre, Theatr Clwyd.
Shade Theatre Royal Stratford East.
Descent Oval Kennington Theatre.
Marina Llan Rey Made in Wales Theatre.
Means of Escape Jermyn Theatre (& actor).
The Touchables Central Studio, Basingstoke (& actor).
Steal a Kiss National Theatre Studio.

Recent submissions
She/Split Short Film, ‘Fast Cuts’ – shortlist.
Tain’t Me Bruntwood Prize – longlist.
Squeez’d Verity Bargate Award – special mention / commended.
Dash of Skin Short Film; Rocliffe Award.
Infanticide Royal Court, National, Soho, Out of Joint.
Squeez’d TV Drama; ‘Red Planet Prize’, Cascade Pictures.
Wronged BBC Drama Serial – shortlist.
Tain’t Me Write Now 5 – shortlist.
Babri ‘The Other 1914’, Ovalhouse – shortlist.
Solitudes Old Vic Voices – shortlist.
44th and Fall Over Here Theatre Company.
Bleeding She Papatango Prize.
Misty Kicks the Breeze Feature Screenplay; Cascade Pictures.
Steal a Kiss Artemesia Theatre Company, Chicago.
Your Space Arts Educational Short Film.
100 Mothers Script Read East.
Oval’s Metabollockus DVM Theatre.
Alter Bush Theatre, Royal Court, etc.
Then Split Bruntwood Prize, Orange Tree, Bush.


Adaptations
Gatz (The Great Gatsby) Chester Gateway Theatre (& actor, director).
The Beggar’s Opera Elgiva Theatre, Chesham (& director).
Julius Caesar Elgiva Theatre, Chesham (& director).
The Merchant of Venice Open Air Theatre, Amersham.


Original Plays: additional:-
You Do Voodoo (G7 Studio, Amersham), Rocco’s Not in Brooklyn (G5 Studio, Chesham), The Splits (Central Studio, Basingstoke), Face Down (G5 Studio, Chesham).


Screenplays include:-
Yippee Ki Yay, Skinning Toto, We Bleed, Gonna Wash That Man, King Tat’s Tomb (sitcom).

Currently working on:-
Squander – full-length play.
Rayla Clay – a screenplay.

Tain’t Me made the shortlist for the Bruntwood Prize.

Squeez’d received special mention for The Verity Bargate Award.
Referees:
Nicholas Scrivens - Musical Theatre Writer, Lecture, Creative Director.

Andy Yiannaki, Sound Technician West End show(s).

Various Creative-Industry individuals; including educational/Lecturer FE/HE validation.
Additional information:
Trained as an actor:

Leading roles in the past include:-
Proctor in THE CRUCIBLE, Othello/Iago in OTHELLO (alternating roles), Frankie in BIRDBATH, Billy in BILLY LIAR, Christy in THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD, Hamlet in HAMLET, etc, etc.

Over 35 leading roles in 5 years.

I am a Freelance Theatre Maker, primarily scriptwriter/playwright/screenwriter, and am developing at least three new/original scripts.

License & Passport

Skills

Secondary Job Title	Script Reader
Job Titles	Script Writer, Writer, Script Editor, Script Reader, Teacher
Years in industry	6+ years
Organisations / Memberships	BECTU (UK), Writers' Guild (UK)