SERIAL NUMBERS
Part of the second Terrifying Women at Golden Goose Theatre
★★★★★
London Pub Theatres
“…Serial Numbers: Society’s Obsession with Mass Killers lands its punches precisely and squarely as it indicts our misplaced purest interest in killers over victims…”
There Ought to be Clowns
THE FINAL GIRL
Part of the first Terrifying Women at Golden Goose Theatre
“The diversity in these pieces…works both individually and collectively. Zakarian’s The Final Girl hints at deconstructing the genre as it rips into its tired old tropes.”
There Ought to be Clowns
FOUND
Part of the Written on the Waves series of audio/visual plays for 45North, 2021
★ ★ ★ ★
“Abi Zakarian’s play is delicate, moving and, finally, joyful.”
Reviews Hub
★ ★ ★ ★
“Jessie Bedrossian is the voice of Ziazan. She delivers Abi Zakarian’s beautiful writing with increasing earnestness and soul throughout the play.”
London Theatre Reviews
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PERFECT MYTH ALLEGORY
Part of the ’15 Heroines’ series at Jermyn Street Theatre
★ ★ ★ ★
Broadway World
★ ★ ★ ★
Spy in the Stalls
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
CultureFly
“Abi Zakarian [does] extraordinary work in retelling the story of Briseis…shifting long accepted notions of [her] actions…”
There Ought to be Clowns
“Zakarian’s text changes pace confidently with elements of comic excess that unexpectedly evolve into something a little more savage in the surprising but delicious conclusion.”
Cultural Capital
I AM KARYAN OPHIDIAN
Commissioned for the Sam Wanamaker Theatre at Shakespeares Globe, and subsequently a digital film for Shakepeare’s Globe. Also performed as part of the first Terrifying Women at Golden Goose Theatre.
A THRESHOLD
A new musical commissioned by BRITSchool for the Bridge Foundation students. Originally programmed at Southwark Playhouse but due to the Covid pandemic subsequently rewritten as a hybrid concept album and released online.
I HAVE A MOUTH AND I WILL SCREAM
Vault Festival
Winner of Vault Peoples Choice Award
★ ★ ★ ★
“Abi Zakarian’s razor-sharp hour of scattergun feminist satire is as furious as it is funny.”
The Stage
★ ★ ★ ★
“I Have A Mouth and I Will Scream is a riotous, sometimes hilarious, sometimes touching rocket launchpad of a play”
LondonTheatre1
★★★★★
“Throws stereotypical scenarios and behaviours in our faces with unrelenting force”
Miro Magazine
THIS IS NOT AN EXIT
Part of the Midsummer Mischief festival at The Other Place, RSC, subsequently transferred to Royal Court Theatre.
A THOUSAND YARDS
Southwark Playhouse for Feast Theatre
HOME
Part of the ‘Our Voices’ series of plays for Small Truth Theatre
“This is a cleverly written piece which appeals to the stomach as well as the intellect…”
2nd From Bottom
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EVERYTHING OLD IS NEW AGAIN
Part of the Hotbed Festival at Cambridge Junction
OLD DOUGH
Part of the Fully Amplified series of podcasts for Futures Theatre
★ ★ ★ ★ “…the notably inter-generational conversation in this…podcast thinks quite deeply about loss and diaspora, having to leave loved ones behind and the ensuing suffering of Armenian communities.”
The Reviews Hub
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WHAT THE THAMES TOLD ME
Part of the This is Who We Are series of interactive audio plays for ARCH438
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CLAPPED
Site specific play as part of Damsel Outdoors for Damsel Productions.
ENOUGH
Part of the ‘Kensington Karavan’ series of plays for Small Truth Theatre. First performed in the Small Truth Caravan in Portobello Road, subsequently recorded as an audio play.
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FABRIC
Soho Theatre & London Tour for Damsel Productions, previously Edinburgh Festival.
Winner of a Fringe First Award
★★★★ Reviews Hub
★★★★ WestEndWilma
★★★★ Breaking The Fourth Wall
★★★★ LondonTheatre1
★★★★ London Box Office
★★★★ Reviews Hub
★★★★ Spy in the Stalls
★★★★ The Scotsman
THE BEST PIES IN LONDON
Part of the Shakespeare in Shoreditch site specific festival for Rift Theatre
SWIFTER HIGHER STRONGER
Roundhouse Theatre for Roundpeg Productions, subsequently transferred to Camden Peoples Theatre.
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