Zoe Callow

Plays, games, events

Writer / Facilitator, The Middlesex Map by Coney  (2023)
A guide to the Middlesex Street area created in collaboration with local residents, featuring creative writing, reflections and wellbeing resources.

Maker / Researcher, Trust Games by Coney, Now Play This at Somerset House  (2023)
A series of short, connected games, all about trust.

Collaborator, Rooted In, Gate Theatre  (2023)
A day of creative workshops, discussions and action on the climate crisis in Camden, organised as part of theCreative Climate Collective initiative.

Researcher, The Golden Key by Coney, dir. Tassos Stevens (2022)
A free event that transformed the City of London for one day only with a huge programme of immersive theatre, games, and performances. Exploring the secrets of the City and opening up its doors to people of all ages, the event took place in over 17 locations, from local landmarks to hidden corners of the City. 

Performer / Deviser, Repeat After Me, dir. Cathy Owen, National Youth Theatre  (2022)
A devised performance about the stories, fact and fiction we inherit from the generations before us, and where take them from here.

Writer, a ghost talking to a ghost, dir. Rohan Gotobed, Out of Nowhere, National Youth Theatre  (2021)
“It might be 1805, sometimes. Emma Hamilton speaks.”
In the days after the death of her lover Horatio Nelson, Emma Hamilton tells her story. A solo performance exploring identity and heartbreak in light of the UK leaving the EU, commissioned by Coast to Coast Theatre for Last Night in Europe.

Writer / Director, Men are from Margate, Minotaur Theatre Company  (2020)
“‘I don’t know where I’m from.’ That’s what he said to me before he – those were his last words.”
A short play on gender and storytelling, selected for Minotaur’s Feminist Festival
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Community arts

I specialise in making creative work with young people, taking advantage of any captive audience we can get our hands on to share their brilliant ideas! I regularly facilitate theatre-making and creative writing, and provide access support for Half Moon Theatre, Ministry of Stories, the Young Coneys and the Floating Classroom.

Criticism and arts writing

Deputy Editor, Noises Off Magazine, National Student Drama Festival  (2023-present)

Writer, Noises Off Magazine, National Student Drama Festival  (2022)
See Issue 4 2022 for writing samples.

Occasional arts writing on Substack.