Alexander Zeldin

For the National:

Alexander Zeldin is a writer and director for theatre and film whose work has been performed in 16 countries and presented by the leading international arts festivals.

Theatre

For the National Theatre: as writer and director, The Other Place in association with A Zeldin Company, The Confessions (an A Zeldin Company/Compagnie A Zeldin Production; also on international tour), Faith, Hope and Charity and LOVE (also on international tours)

Other theatre includes: as writer and director, Beyond Caring at Hackney Yard, National Theatre, Lookingglass Theatre Chicago and currently in repertory at the Schaubühne, Berlin; and Une mort dans la famille at Odéon Théâtre de L’Europe and on international tour

Film

LOVE

Awards

Quercus Trust Award

Arts Foundation Fellowship

seven Drama Desk Awards nominations

In 2024, Alexander Zeldin was made a Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres by the French Minister of Culture.

He was selected by the Schaubühne as the Artist-in-Focus for their 2024 Festival of International New Drama (FIND).

In 2019, he established his own theatre company, A Zeldin Company, to produce his work and tour it internationally and in 2022, he founded Compagnie A Zeldin in France.

(Updated September 2024)