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Natesha Somasundaram Natesha Somasundaram i(10039549 works by)
Gender: Female
Heritage: Sri Lankan
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BiographyHistory

Melbourne-based playwright. Natesha Somasundaram's parents arrived in Australia in the late 1980s to escape Sri Lanka's civil war, and she was raised in Dandenong.

Graduating from Monash University with a Bachelor of Performing Arts in 2017, Somasundaram was resident playwright at the Melbourne Theatre Company in 2018. She has also worked on season two of Get Krack!n.

Most Referenced Works

Awards for Works

form y separately published work icon The Unlisted ( dir. Justine Flynn et. al. )agent Australia : Aquarius Films , 2019 15285008 2019 series - publisher film/TV children's science fiction

'Twelve-year-old identical twins Dru and Kal are just like any other Australian boys living in Sydney in their first year of high school. Their parents are second generation Indian Australians and have embraced everything the country has to offer. But after a government-sponsored dental check-up, in which Kal is seen twice so that his twin, who has a crippling fear of dentists, can avoid another fainting episode, the Australian dream starts to unravel. The boys discover that a mysterious electronic device has been inserted into Kal twice, while Dru remains device-free and, therefore, undetectable. For what sinister ends is a democratic government secretly tracking and manipulating Australia’s youth?'

Source: Screen NSW (http://www.screen.nsw.gov.au/project/the-unlisted) (Sighted: 22/11/2018)

2019 nominated Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards Best Children's Television Series
y separately published work icon Jeremy and Lucas Buy a Fucking House 2018 13736968 2018 single work drama

'Jeremy and Lucas are best mates ready to take their friendship to the next level by investing in the Australian property market.'

Source: La Mama.

2019 nominated Victorian Green Room Awards Writing : Theatre - Independent
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