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Alexander Zeldin is a writer and director for theatre and film. His critically acclaimed play, Beyond Caring had its World Premiere at the Yard Theatre in Hackney in 2014, before transferring to the Temporary Theatre at the National Theatre in 2015. In 2015 Alexander was the recipient of the Quercus Trust Award and was appointed as Associate Director at Birmingham Repertory Theatre. Beyond Caring toured the UK and a new US production, re-developed for the US by Alexander and produced by Lookingglass Theater in conjunction with David Schwimmer's company Dark Harbour Stories, opened in Chicago in April 2017. Alexander's most recent play LOVE opened at the National Theatre in December 2016, before transferring to Birmingham Rep. A European tour took place in 2018 and LOVE has also been made into a film by the BBC and Cuba Pictures. In 2017, he was named Artist in Residence at the National Theatre and in 2018, was the winner of the Arts Foundation twenty-fifth anniversary Fellowship for Literature. His most recent play, Faith Hope and Charity opened to widespread acclaim at the National Theatre in 2019, where he is now an Associate Director. From 2020, he is an Associate Artist of the Odéon Théâtre de L'Europe in Paris.
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