An up-and-coming actor and writer who's half-Welsh and half-Israeli will have his comedy drama screened on a major TV channel on Tuesday, August 23 as he aims to break into the industry.
TV channel Dave will air The Other Half by Zak Ghazi-Torbati and Kate Reid as part of Writerslam, which is an initiative that aims to shine a spotlight on diverse and emerging talent. UKTV selected six writers who received a paid development commission to work up their original TV ideas into 30-minute scripts suitable for broadcast and for potential expansion into full length series.
Four of these scripts were then green lit to be produced for Dave. Zak, 26, spoke to WalesOnline about getting the opportunity to turn the film script he wrote with Kate into a 30-minute television episode. The synopsis for the short reads: “The Other Half follows 20-something Navid who is half-Welsh, half-Iranian and 100% that b****, who gets the chance to escape his small Welsh town when he lands an internship in the big city: Bristol.
