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Ashley Zhangazha

Ashley’s theatre credits include: MJ THE MUSICAL at the Prince Edward Theatre (West End); MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, PERICLES and DANTON’S DEATH at the National Theatre; MEASURE FOR MEASURE at Shakespeare’s Globe; CHANGING DESTINY and AH WILDERNESS at the Young Vic; TINA at the Aldwych Theatre (West End); DEATH OF A SALESMAN, GUYS & DOLLS and HAMLET at the Royal Exchange; THE COUNTRY WIFE at Chichester Festival Theatre; TERROR at the Lyric Hammersmith; THE LOTTERY OF LOVE at the Orange Tree Theatre; HUMAN ANIMALS, BELONG and truth and reconciliation at the Royal Court; A RAISIN IN THE SUN and MACBETH at Sheffield Crucible; IMAGE OF AN UNKNOWN YOUNG WOMAN at the Gate Theatre; HENRY V for the Michael Grandage Company (Noel Coward/West End); FENCES (Theatre Royal Bath/Duchess Theatre, West End) and RICHARD II and KING LEAR (also BAM New York) at the Donmar Warehouse.

Ashley has won multiple awards including the UK Theatre award – Best Performance in a Musical for Sky Masterson in GUYS & DOLLS – a Royal Exchange/Talawa Theatre production. and 1st Prize in the Ian Charleson award for MACBETH at Sheffield Crucible.

Ashley’s TV Credits include: THE UNDECLARED WAR (Channel 4), MANHUNT S2 (ITV/Buffalo Pictures), VICTORIA II (ITV/Mammoth Screen), DOCTORS (BBC), HUMANS (Channel 4/AMC) and ORDINARY LIES (BBC).

Readings

And Then, read by Ashley Zhangazha
Found, read by Ashley Zhangazha
Extract from Come into the Garden Maud, read by Ashley Zhangazha
Paradise Lost, extract, read by Patrick Kennedy, Kristin Scott Thomas and Ashley Zhangazha
W.B. Yeats: 'The Song of Wandering Aengus' read by Ashley Zhangazha
T.S. Eliot: 'A Dedication To My Wife' read by Ashley Zhangazha
Landscapes - Usk, read by Ashley Zhangazha
The Road Not Taken read by Ashley Zhangazha
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And Then, read by Ashley Zhangazha
Found, read by Ashley Zhangazha
Extract from Come into the Garden Maud, read by Ashley Zhangazha
Paradise Lost, extract, read by Patrick Kennedy, Kristin Scott Thomas and Ashley Zhangazha
W.B. Yeats: 'The Song of Wandering Aengus' read by Ashley Zhangazha
T.S. Eliot: 'A Dedication To My Wife' read by Ashley Zhangazha
Landscapes - Usk, read by Ashley Zhangazha
The Road Not Taken read by Ashley Zhangazha
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