Prasanna Puwanarajah

Director/Writer

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Film, TV & Theatre

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Prasanna is a former NHS doctor who is now an actor, director and writer.

He is currently an Artistic Associate at the Donmar Warehouse, Associate Artist of Wilton’s Music Hall, a Trustee of the National Youth Theatre and a Patron of The Theatrical Guild.

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Production	Company	Notes
TWELFTH NIGHT 2024	Royal Shakespeare Company (Royal Shakespeare Theatre)	Director

Television

Production	Company	Notes
FEAR FATIGUE 2020	BBC4/Headlong	Writer, 1 x 18' Part of UNPRECEDENTED

Theatre

Production	Company	Notes
VENICE PRESERVED 2019	Royal Shakespeare Company (Swan Theatre)	Director By Thomas Otway
THE RELUCTANT FUNDAMENTALIST 2018	NYT/Summerhall/Bradford Literary Festival	Director Revival Production Winner: The Lustrum Award, Summerhall. Winner: The Stage Debut Award - Best Actor AKSHAY SHARAN. Nominated: The Carol Tambor Award 2018 Nominated: The Amnesty International Freedom of Expression Award 2018
JOURNEY'S END 2018	RADA	Director By R.C. Sherriff
THE RELUCTANT FUNDAMENTALIST 2017	NYT/The Yard	Director Revival Production
A BITTER HERB 2017	RADA	Director By Kwame Kwei-Armah
THE RELUCTANT FUNDAMENTALIST 2016	National Youth Theatre/Finborough Theatre	Director Adapted from the novel by Mohsin Hamid by Stephanie Street
HEADSTART 2015	Headlong Theatre/Blacklisted Films	Headlong's Emerging Writers' Group
PEDDLING 2014	Arcola Theatre/HighTide Festival/59E59, New York	Dramaturg By Harry Melling
MOTH 2013	HighTide Festival/Bush Theatre	Director By Declan Greene
NIGHTWATCHMAN 2011	National Theatre (Paintframe)	Writer Part of DOUBLE FEATURE Nominated for Critics' Circle Awards: Best New Playwright
THE WAGES OF THIN 2010	Old Red Lion	Director By Trevor Griffiths Nominated for WhatsOnStage.com Award for Best Off-West End Production and for 5 OffWestEnd.com Awards (including Best Production)
ON THE HARMFUL EFFECTS OF TOBACCO 2009	New End Theatre	Director By Anton Chekhov
SOMETHING I WROTE IN A HURRY 2008	Tabard Theatre	Director By Nick Gill Best Production, Lost Theatre Festival

Other

Production	Company	Notes
MICROSCOPE 2010	Fabric/Glastonbury/Latitude	Live Audio Visual show for the release of RIZ MC (Riz Ahmed)'s debut album "MICroscope"