Jherad Alleyne is a multi-disciplinary artist from Barbados with a dynamic background in dramatic arts, comedy, social media content creation, live event production, and music. Alleyne’s training spans over fifteen years with notable highlights that include earning his Bachelor of Arts in Acting from Guildhall School of Music & Drama in London, England with first-class honours, and completing the Comedy Writing & Performance program at Humber College in Toronto, Canada.
Alleyne is widely known for his social media content creation under the alias Lord Zenn, where he has captured the pulse of Barbadian and Caribbean culture in dozens of online videos. Since 2015, he has organically built his follower base across social media platforms, with 45K on Instagram, 33K on Facebook, and 17K on TikTok.
In 2017 he independently directed, produced, and starred in the original stage play “Good Looking” at the Barbados Community College theatre. After focusing on comedy performance for a few years, Alleyne returned to theatre after being selected to participate in the Caribbean cohort of the Royal Court Theatre’s Writing for Performance project. For the duration of the project, Jherad wrote his second play “Scam-Uh-Life,” and was invited to produce a reading as a part of the New Plays: International series in London, UK.
Alleyne currently co-hosts The Morning Bite radio show at Hitz 106.7 FM and offers writing, social media, and marketing consulting services.