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.
She works as a staff nurse with NHS Scotland.
Theatre
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
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 |