Shehrazade Zafar-Arif is a British-Pakistani writer and journalist based in London. She has written reviews for the Croydonist, the Japan Society Review, Shakespeare Bulletin, Crayon Magazine, and Penumbra. She is on Twitter as @shehrazadezafar.

Shehrazade Zafar-Arif


Review: THE MASSIVE TRAGEDY OF MADAME BOVARY at Southwark Playhouse
By Shehrazade Zafar-Arif Monday, December 16 2024, 09:57
Gustave Flaubert’s 19th century novel, Madame Bovary, follows the titular Emma Bovary, who desperately seeks romance and adventure while stuck in a humdrum provincial life and dull marriage with the faithful but boring Charles.
The Massive Tragedy of Madame Bovary at Southwark Playhouse. Photo Tanya Pabaru.


Review: FOUR FUNERALS AND A WEDDING, Bread and Roses Theatre
By Shehrazade Zafar-Arif Monday, October 7 2024, 14:57
Directed by Anthony Shrubsall, Four Funerals and a Wedding is a collection of five short plays written by Richard Fitchett, Liam O'Grady, Wally Sewell, and Sally Sheringham.
Four Funerals and a Wedding artwork.


First Look: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING at Globe Theatre
By Shehrazade Zafar-Arif Monday, August 26 2024, 09:32
Sean Holmes’ frothy, outlandish production of Much Ado About Nothing will be performing at Shakespeare’s Globe until August 24th.
Much Ado About Nothing Artwork.