Sumerah SrivastavSumerah is a playwright and screenwriter.
As a playwright she has been a member of the Royal Court's Critical Mass and
invited Studio Writers' programmes, Stratford East's Musical Theatre Initiative, Orange Tree Writers Collective and The Crierion playwright programme.
Her plays include Jigsaw, Veiled & Vinegar, The Fairy King, Space Invaders, Downfall and Border Lies. Her work has been performed at Soho, Tristan Bates, Redbridge Drama Centre, Contact, Orange Tree, The Pleasance, The Barbicanand The Criterion. She is currently developing a period play with support fromthe Criterion Theatre Trust and Worthing Theatres. For the screen she has written for EastEnders and her short film Origami
starring Nicholas Pinnock and Pearl Mackie, is currently in post-production. In 2017 she was identified as a rising star in the BBC's New Talent Hotlist. This year she is as a BAFTA Crew participant and has been selected to take part in Vertical Lab, a mentoring programme by the Independent Film Trust. Read More Read Less