sumerah srivastav

 Sumerah Srivastav is a British, South Asian screenwriter and playwright with an MBA and a background in law and business.

Most notably, she has written on Golden Globe and Emmy nominated series Lupin and the much anticipated final season of Manifest. 

As a playwright, Sumerah came up through the Royal Court and Criterion playwright programmes. Her theatre credits include #846LIVE (Stratford East), James Graham’s Sketching (Wilton Music Hall) and Veiled & Vinegar (Redbridge Drama). 

Sumerah is Director of Kahani Arts CIC, an arts company resident at Kenneth More Theatre in Ilford, Essex. She also acts as a Trustee Director for the charity Mercury Musical Developments and volunteers as 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 and an Asian Woman of Achievement award.

She is a member of the WGA, WGGB, RTS and BAFTA.