Zia Holloway

Zia Holloway is a prolific Wales based writer. Her numerous original projects in development include THE DEATH OF WHALES with The Development Partnership and The immigrant (director Alonso Ruizpalacios is attached to direct),  QUEEN and KING with Objective Fiction, and a television adaptation for 5x Media, CANAL 16.  She was part of BBC Welsh voices and won the BBC Wales writer’s award in 2021.  She also has two exciting features in development.

Across the span of her career she has worked both within the UK and US, most recently working on a television adaptation with Fifth Season and Joy Coalition. Her characterful work focuses on the representation of her generation in an ever-changing world and bringing to screen distinct perspectives, using the elements and genres of propulsive thrillers, grounded sci-fi, and magical realism.

Shiv Rabheru

Shiv Deepak Rabheru (he/him) is a British Indian Theatre Director based in London, UK.

Shiv most recently Directed I Wish You Well – The Gwyneth Paltrow Ski -Trial Musical at Edinburgh Festival (Underbelly) which transferred to London’s West End, Criterion Theatre in 2024. 

He is currently the Resident Director of Hamilton at London’s Victoria Palace Theatre, West End and Assistant Director of Three Sisters at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre. 

Shiv trained as a dancer from a young age and later as an actor. He has gone on to work extensively in the UK and internationally performing in plays, musicals, television, and film for over a decade. Having always had a passion for storytelling and collaborating with other artists, he then went on to lead an exciting career as a theatre director. 

Shiv uses a multi-disciplinary approach when creating worlds, including music, video, physical theatre, dance, magic, and puppetry. He is interested in stories that move and entertain an audience whilst also pushing the boundaries of theatre making. He has been able to flourish when both re-imagining classic stories and devising new work.

Shiv was shortlisted for the RTST Sir Peter Hall Director Award in 2022.

Rudá Santos

Rudá is a Brazilian-British writer and director working across film and commercials.

He studied film at the BFI and later at the NFTS and has had films commissioned by institutions such as the Tate Modern and Institute of Contemporary Arts. Networks such as Channel 4 and ITV.  Online editorials such as Dazed, Nowness, as well as films for brands such as Nike, Wetransfer, and Dr Martens.

The unifying theme across his work, regardless of its medium, is finding magic in the mundane.

Ramesha Nawal

Ramesha most recently starred in the critically acclaimed independent film IN FLAMES which premiered to glorious reviews at Cannes, Tiff, and was Pakistan’s Academy Award entry.