Webinar with Jay Zorenti-Nakhid

Join us for a relaxed conversation with Jay Zorenti-Nakhid, part of our programme for creatives navigating careers in the mainstream sector

Join us for a relaxed conversation with Jay Zorenti-Nakhid, as part of our online programme for creatives navigating careers in the mainstream sector.

Currently Associate Director at the Belgrade Theatre, Jay will share insights from their journey from directing into leadership, reflecting on the creative and practical realities of working across theatre spaces. We’ll also explore culture and intersectionality, and how lived experience shapes artistic vision and leadership.

This is an informal session with space to listen, reflect and ask questions with plenty to take away for your own practice.

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Date: Tuesday, 19th May 2026

Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Noon (GMT)

Platform: Zoom Webinar (The link will be sent by email 30-minutes before the webinar begins)

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About Jay:

Jay is currently the Associate Director at The Belgrade Theatre Coventry. Previously Tobacco Factory Theatres Associate Director. Over the past 15 years he has created & directed a wide range of theatre projects across the UK as well as in Rwanda, India and Vietnam. Jay believes in the transformative nature of Theatre, platforming local artists as well as the counter narratives of society.

Selected directing credits include:

• War of the worlds/ Belgrade Theatre/ 2025
• Revealed/Belgrade Theatre/2024
• Darknet/Bristol school of acting /Tobacco factory theatres/ 2023
• Revealed/Tobacco Factory Theatres/ 2022
• Shook/ Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama/February 2022
• Let it Break/Kigali Genocide Memorial Centre Rwanda/ Ubumuntu Arts Festival/ 2019
• Little Baby Jesus/Birmingham REP 2018

As Associate Director:

Romeo & Juliet/2025/ Belgrade theatre/ Bristol Old Vic/ Hackney Empire

As a Dramaturg:

Echo Eternal Ordinary People- / Birmingham Opera Company/Birmingham New street station/2023

As a facilitator Jay has worked with Free Radical, Beatfreeks Collective,Google & Youtube, Women and Theatre, Worcester arts partnership, Warwickshire & West Mercia Probation Trust, Birmingham Hippodrome,Core Education Trust,Midlands Arts Centre, Bristol Old Vic,Regional theatre young directors scheme, Theatre Royal Stratford East, National Theatre Connections and the Birmingham REP.

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Access

This session will have BSL interpreters and a live captioner. Please let us know your access requirements by email or at the time of booking.

As this is a webinar, attendee cameras will be off. All attendees will be able to interact with the hosts and guests through the live chat feature during the session.

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Recording

This session will be recorded. Following the event, all attendees will receive an email containing a temporary, view-only link to the recording and a summary of shared resources.

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If you are unable to attend

If you book for the session, and are then unable to attend, we kindly ask that you cancel your booking through Eventbrite, and let us know by email.

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