Prasanna Puwanarajah
Director/Writer
Photograph: Faye Thomas
Film, TV & Theatre
Film, TV & Theatre
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.
In Development
Production | Company | Notes |
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2024 | Royal Shakespeare Company (Royal Shakespeare Theatre) | Director |
Television
Production | Company | Notes |
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2020 | BBC4/Headlong | Writer, 1 x 18' |
Theatre
Production | Company | Notes |
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2019 | Royal Shakespeare Company (Swan Theatre) | Director |
2018 | NYT/Summerhall/Bradford Literary Festival | Director Winner: The Lustrum Award, Summerhall. |
2018 | RADA | Director |
2017 | NYT/The Yard | Director |
2017 | RADA | Director |
2016 | National Youth Theatre/Finborough Theatre | Director |
HEADSTART 2015 | Headlong Theatre/Blacklisted Films | Headlong's Emerging Writers' Group |
2014 | Arcola Theatre/HighTide Festival/59E59, New York | Dramaturg |
2013 | HighTide Festival/Bush Theatre | Director |
NIGHTWATCHMAN 2011 | National Theatre (Paintframe) | Writer |
THE WAGES OF THIN 2010 | Old Red Lion | Director |
ON THE HARMFUL EFFECTS OF TOBACCO 2009 | New End Theatre | Director |
SOMETHING I WROTE IN A HURRY 2008 | Tabard Theatre | Director |
Other
Production | Company | Notes |
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MICROSCOPE 2010 | Fabric/Glastonbury/Latitude | Live Audio Visual show for the release of RIZ MC (Riz Ahmed)'s debut album "MICroscope" |