Vidya Rajan

Vidya Rajan
Alma mater	Victorian College of the Arts
Occupations	Comedian screenwriter playwright
Years active	2017–present

Vidya Rajan is a Melbourne-based comedian, screenwriter, and playwright. She is best known for writing the 2022 play adaptation of Melina Marchetta's 1992 novel Looking for Alibrandi. Rajan also wrote for and contributed to the ABC comedy series Why Are You Like This, SBS's The Feed and ABC's At Home Alone Together. In 2023, Rajan was in the main cast of Aunty Donna's Coffee Cafe.

Early life and education

Vidya Rajan is of Indian Tamil descent and grew up in Kuwait, moving to Australia in 2004 at the age of 14.^[1] She has lived in Perth, Western Australia.^[2][3] Rajan completed a master's degree in writing for performance from the Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne.^[4]

Career

Rajan wrote for and contributed to the ABC comedy series Why Are You Like This, SBS's The Feed and ABC's At Home Alone Together.^[5][6] In 2022, Rajan won an AWGIE Award for her writing work on The Feed.^[7] Rajan wrote the 2022 play adaptation of Melina Marchetta's 1992 novel Looking for Alibrandi.^[8] As a comedian, Rajan made her Melbourne International Comedy Festival solo debut in 2022, with her show Respawn.^[9][10] In 2023, Rajan was in the main cast of Aunty Donna's Coffee Cafe.^[11]

References

1. Wijekumar, Vyshnavee (9 July 2022). "Writer, theatre-maker and comedian Vidya Rajan". The Saturday Paper. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
2. Story, Hannah (8 October 2022). "Looking for Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta celebrates its 30th anniversary with a new theatre adaptation at Belvoir St Theatre". ABC News. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
3. "Interview #143 — Vidya Rajan". Liminal Magazine. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
4. "Vidya Rajan".
5. "Vidya Rajan ready for further variety in 2023". If. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
6. "Aunty Donna's Coffee Café explodes onto ABC iview this April". ABC News. 16 March 2023. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
7. "Writers of Girl Like You, Horizon, The Newsreader, Fires, Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris and Ithaka among winners at the 55th Annual AWGIE Awards".
8. Story, Hannah (8 October 2022). "Looking for Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta celebrates its 30th anniversary with a new theatre adaptation at Belvoir St Theatre". ABC News. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
9. Gupta, Reena (1 April 2022). "Meet Five Comedians Making Their Solo Debut At This Year's Melbourne Comedy Festival". Junkee. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
10. Rajan, Vidya (24 September 2020). "Vidya Rajan: the 10 funniest things I have ever seen (on the internet)". Guardian Australia. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
11. "Aunty Donna's Coffee Café explodes onto ABC iview this April". ABC News. 16 March 2023. Retrieved 3 April 2023.

External links

• Vidya Rajan at IMDb