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(b. Yafei Zheng, Beijing)

London-based interdisciplinary performance and video artist who works with live art, theatre, video and writing. Interested in engaging with social issues and exploring themes such as diaspora, neurodiversity and mental health.  

PERFORMANCE/EXHIBITION

2024

  • all the dates I’ve lived and all the ones I remember: durational live installation performance at a joined exhibition, Aotuspace (Beijing)

  • Is There Work on Mars?: 10 min performance at Emergency Festival 24, Contact Theatre (Manchester)

  • Is There Work on Mars?: 40 min theatre performance at Theatre Peckham (London), Etcetera Theatre (London), theSpace @Surgeon’s Hall (Edinburgh Fringe)

  • Inscriptions: interactive performance with Sol Santana, Riposte, Eletrowerkz (London)

 2023

  • Dressing Terror Nova: exhibition of costumes and materials made for the production of Terror Nova, Goldsmiths Textile Collection

  • Terror Nova: cabaret-theatre performance with Runxuan Yang and Taya Jones, Goldsmiths, University of London

 2021

  • Queen: interactive performer at Sida Jiang’s exhibition, X Museum, Beijing

 2017-2019

  • The Vagina Monologues: performer, V-Day Coalition (Los Angeles)

AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS

  • Is There Work on Mars? (theatre) - Nominated for The ADHD Comedy Award - Neurodiverse Review - Edinburgh Fringe, 2024

  • The Flower (stop motion animation) - Winner of Best Animation - Shorttakes Festival, 2021

  • Shadow of the Notes (short film) - Winner of Best Screenplay - International Youth Short Film Competition, 2016

IN PRESS AND MEDIA

★★★★★ “Impressingly genuine”

Talking ’bout a revolution, review on Is There Work on Mars?, Morning Star, Aug 2024

“A thought-provoking play that accurately depicts the insipid structure of immigration systems”

REVIEW: Is There Work on Mars?, A Young(ish) Perspective, May 2024

Yafei Zheng - Is There Work On Mars Peckham Fringe Interview, Beyond the Curtain, Apr 2024

COURSES AND TRAINING

  • Edinburgh Lab, Soho Theatre

  • Directing with Katie Mitchell, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama

  • Creating Solo Performance with Hannah Ballou, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama

  • Introduction to Playwriting, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama

EDUCATION

2022 – 2023

MA in Performance Making, Goldsmiths, University of London

2017 –  2021

BA in Comparative Literature with a minor in Film, Media, and Television, University of Los Angeles, California