Ursula Rani Sarma

Ursula Rani Sarma is an Irish playwright and screenwriter.

Life

Sarma grew up in County Clare, Ireland.[1] Her father is of Indian descent, while her mother is Irish.[2] She attended University College Cork for her undergraduate degree.[1] She is now based in London.[1]

Career

She began directing and writing plays while a student at University College Cork.[1] Sarma has contributed episodes to the television series RAW,[3] and has been a writer in residence at Paines Plough.[2]

Works
  • Like Sugar on Skin (1999)[4]
  • Touched (1999)[4]
  • Blue (2000)[4]
  • Wanderings (2000)[4]
  • Gift (2001)[4]
  • The Magic Tree (2008)[4]
  • The Dark Things (2009). Selected as Best New Play and Best Production at the 2010 Critics' Awards for Theatre in Scotland.[5]
  • A version of Lorca's Yerma (2011)[4]
  • Evening Train (2019). A musical, based on the album of the same name by Mick Flannery.[1]
  • A Thousand Splendid Suns. A play, based on the book by Khalid Hosseini.[6]

Notes
  1. Crawley, Peter (8 June 2019). "The Mick Flannery album that grew into a musical". The Irish Times.
  2. Crawley, Peter (4 October 2003). "Stealing from other worlds". The Irish Times.
  3. "Interview with 'RAW' Executive Producer Suzanne McAuley". Irish Film & Television Network. 6 January 2012.
  4. "Ursula Rani Sarma". Playography Ireland. Irish Theatre Institute.
  5. Findlay, Ruth (13 June 2010). "Critics' Awards for Theatre in Scotland" (Press release). Festival Theatre, Edinburgh.
  6. Brennan, Clare (12 May 2019). "A Thousand Splendid Suns review – ultimately engaging Hosseini adaptation". The Guardian.

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