Uma Nada-Rajah
Writer
Film, TV & Theatre
Uma is a playwright based in Kirknewton, Scotland. She is one of the BBC's Scottish Voices 2020 and was most recently the Starter Female Political Comedy writer-in-residence at the National Theatre of Scotland.
Uma is a graduate of École Philippe Gaulier and a previous participant of the Royal Court's Young Writers' Programme and the Traverse Theatre's Young Writers' Programme. In 2014 Uma won the New Playwrights Award from Playwrights’ Studio Scotland. Her play EXODUS had its premiere at the Traverse Theatre in August 2022.
Awards include: Kavya Prize 2022, Shakespeare is Dead International Selection 2024.
She works as a staff nurse with NHS Scotland.
In Development
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
THE NEST | Citizens Theatre | Adaptation of Franz Xaver Kroetz |
BLACK HOLE SIGN | Traverse Theatre | |
UNTITLED COMMISSION | National Theatre of Scotland | |
UNTITLED COMMISSION | Almeida Theatre | |
ERASURE | Balloon Entertainment | Original Pilot |
Theatre
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
THE GREAT REPLACEMENT 2023 | A Play, A Pie, & A Pint / Oran Mor / Macrobert Arts Centre / Pitlochry Festival Theatre | Dir. Jemima Levick |
EXODUS 2022 | Traverse Theatre | Dir. Debbie Hannan |
MUSTER STATION LEITH 2022 | Grid Iron / Edinburgh Festival | As Co-Writer alongside Nicola McCartney, Tawona Sitholé, and Ben Harrison |
RAPUNZEL 2020 | National Theatre of Scotland | Christmas Panto Written by |
TOY PLASTIC CHICKEN 2019 | Play, Pie & a Pint & BBC iPlayer: Traverse Theatre & Òran Mór | |
MAGICAL PLASTIC CHICKEN 2018 | Hidden Door Festival, Edinburgh | As Playwright & Co-Director |
THE DUBAI PAPERS (Rehearsed Reading) 2012 | Traverse | As part of the ‘Write Here' Festival. |
THE CONSTANT K DETERMINES THE ULTIMATE FATE OF THE UNIVERSE 2008 | The Pearl Company Theatre, Canada | As Playwright & Co- Director |
Other
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
Playwright, for Scenes for Survival 2020 | National Theatre Scotland | |
Visual Artist in Residence 2017 | Gallery One @ St. Margaret’s House |