От спектакъла „Бурята“ / снимка: Гергана Дамянова
He graduated from the Krastyo Sarafov National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts (NATFA) in 2012, in the class of Prof. Stefan Danailov. He made his stage debut in 2010 as Dubois in Molière’s The Misanthrope.
Since 2013, he has been a member of the company of the Ivan Vazov National Theatre, where his roles include Sergeant Marchand in No Man’s Land, based on the screenplay by Danis Tanović; Boris Milev in Geo by Hristo Karastoyanov; Stevie Grimes in Good People by David Lindsay-Abaire; the Call Boy in Zhanna by Yaroslava Pulinovich; Rumpf in Bremen Freedom. Mrs Gesche Gottfried by Rainer Werner Fassbinder; Voltemand in William Shakespeare’s Hamlet; Petko in A Day Off by Kamen Donev; Ganya in The Idiot 2012, based on Fyodor Dostoevsky; Cassius in Caligula; Zhivko in Masters by Racho Stoyanov; Robert in Rendezvous in Senlis; and Iliiko in An Attempt at Flying.
He made his directorial debut with Guest Room at Vazrazhdane Theatre, for which he received a nomination for the 2022 Askeer Award in the Rising Star category. His subsequent productions include Cancellations by Stacey Gregg at Vazrazhdane Theatre (2023), Duck, Duck, Goose by Katriona Daly at the NATFA Theatre (2023),Tribes by Nina Raine at the Bulgarian Army Theatre (2024), and Albion by Mike Bartlett at the Nikolay Binev Youth Theatre (2026).
For his direction of Tribes, he received the 2025 Icarus Award for Best Director, while the production was also honoured with the 2025 Icarus Audience Award for Best Drama Production.
In 2026, he directed Mike Bartlett’s Albion at the Nikolay Binev Youth Theatre, for which he received the 2026 Askeer Award for Best Director. The production was also nominated for the Askeer Award for Best Production and was presented as part of the programme of the Varna Summer International Theatre Festival and at the 59th edition of BITEF – Belgrade International Theatre Festival.
This season, Zafir Radzhab can be seen on the stage of the Ivan Vazov National Theatre in Darkness at the Edge of Town, The Merchant of Venice, Caligula, An Attempt at Flying, Vazov’s People, The Tempest, and Nora.
