Laith Elzubaidi

Laith Elzubaidi is a British-Iraqi Comedy and Drama Screenwriter, Director and Producer based in London. Laith's recent achievements include being selected for the BBC Comedy Collective Supercharged Bursary Scheme, which included paid shadowing opportunities on BBC productions’ writers rooms; winning a bursary at the Screenshot Showcase produced by Sister Pictures and South Of The River Productions. The final was judged by Olivia Colman, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Munya Chawawa, Rosie Jones and heads of comedy commissioning from BBC, Netflix, HBO, Channel 4 and Sky. Laith’s Tony Craze Award winning play Insane Asylum Seekers was produced at the Bush Theatre for a 4 week run in May 2025- directed by Olivier-nominated director Emily Ling Williams- where it became the the fastest selling show at the Bush Theatre Studio in its history, completely selling out its run two weeks in.