Sumerah Srivastav
Writer - Stage / Television
Agent: Jean Kitson - jean@kitsonpress.co.uk
Sumerah is a British, South Asian screenwriter and playwright with an MBA and a background in law. Most notably, she has written on Golden Globe nominated series LUPIN as well upcoming episodes for GOOD KARMA HOSPITAL and COLOSSEUM. Other TV credits include MESSIAH, CASUALTY and EASTENDERS. Sumerah is currently working on a supersized finale season order of MANIFEST for Netflix.
As a playwright, Sumerah came up through the Royal Court’s invited Studio programme and the Criterion playwright programme. With a number of theatre credits under her belt, Sumerah is now helping develop the next generation of playwrights as co-Artistic Director of Kahani Arts. She also acts as a Trustee Director for the charity Mercury Musical Developments and co-Chair of the Equalities & Diversity committee at the Writers Guild of Great Britain.
Prior to her writing career, Sumerah launched and ran an award-winning commercial radio station targeting London’s Asian youth audiences (Club Asia) for which she won numerous awards, including a Women in Public Life award and an Asian Woman of Achievement award. She is on Twitter @sumerahas and more info can be found at www.sumerah.com.