Rajkumar Thiagaras
ராஜ்குமார் தியாகராஸ்
Freelance Theatre Practitioner
ABOUT ME
Raj has worked in both the English and Tamil theatre scenes in Singapore and has undergone training Edith Podesta as part of Young & Wild by Wild Rice. His notable stage credits include: The Outsiders (Ravindran Drama Group); Encounters on a Crowded Island (Tapestry Playback Theatre); And Then There Were None, 12 Angry Men (Avant Theatre); Anything Can Happen / Something Must Happen (Wild Rice); and To Speak Quietly (Pink Gajah Theatre).
Raj made his debut as a playwright in 2019 with Chandramukhi (Avant Theatre) and Ashes, Ashes (Toy Factory Productions). He is currently a member of the Brown Voices playwriting collective.
His short story, “The White Lotus: Sinking to the Bottom” was recently published in the anthology In This Desert, There Were Seeds by Ethos Books and Margaret River Press.
Dramatis Personae
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VIGILANCE SHORT FILM
Sonnet XXIX (William Shakespeare) (ft. Rajkumar Thiagaras) | #CCxPA
NTUC Secretary-General Ng Chee Meng to SEPs: The ABCs of SIRS
"Emerging playwrights feeling the heat"
The Straits Times
8 Oct 2019
Actor Rajkumar Thiagaras, 30, was moved to write the play Ashes, Ashes... because he felt there were not enough stories on stage that represented Singapore Indians.
"I thought that it wasn't enough to be passive - if I wanted such content to come out, I must be part of the creation process."
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