Shehrazade Zafar-Arif
she/her | Writer and editor | London, United Kingdom
I'm a freelance writer who writes about theatre, literature and the arts, including theatre, book, and film reviews. I'm currently working as a Senior Copyeditor at the Blockchain & Climate Institute and an Editorial Assistant for CRAFT literary magazine.
Selected work
The Farce of Democracy on the Pakistani Stage
Litro, 2024
Interview: Deni Ellis Béchard
CRAFT Literary, 2025
Ode to a Nation in Chaos
Fiery Scribe Review, 2024
Review: The Massive Tragedy of Madame Bovary at Southwark Playhouse
London Box Office, 2024
Review: I Would Meet You Anywhere, Susan Kiyo Ito
The Japan Society Review, 2024
Review: Four Funerals and a Wedding at the Bread and Roses Theatre
London Box Office, 2024
Review: King Lear at Wyndham's Theatre
Shakespeare's Bulletin, 2024
Review: The Fall of the House of Usher
Penumbra Online, 2024
Review: Much Ado About Nothing at Shakespeare's Globe
London Box Office, 2024
Cobalt blue and other colours
The Croydonist, 2024
Review: Mongrel, Hanako Footman
The Japan Society Review, 2024
Portrait of a City on the Brink of Destruction
Peatsmoke Journal, 2024
Review: Macbeth at Shakespeare's Globe
Shakespeare Bulletin, 2023
Prospero's Staff
Fiery Scribe Review, 2024
Review: The Father and the Assassin at the National Theatre
Crayon Magazine, 2024
Review: The Boy and the Heron
The Japan Society Review, 2024
Shakespeare Has Gone From Colonial Poet to Poet of the Colonies
King's College London, 2019
Why I've Still Got Time for Good Shakespeare Adaptations
2018
How Have Performances of Shakespeare Changed Over Time?
British Council, 2016