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Thiviya is a multidisciplinary playwright, theatre, and film artist whose work explores connection, emotion, and perspective. With roots in poetry and fiction writing from childhood, she brings characters to life through stories that challenge, provoke, and resonate with audiences.
Her artistic journey began with a love of film and expanded through theatre, where she found joy in performance, collaboration, and the creative process. She is particularly drawn to projects that amplify marginalized voices and reflect pressing societal issues, using storytelling as a tool for empathy and change.
Beyond playwriting and performance, Thiviya engages with a wide range of artistic forms including music and visual art. She also brings a background in marine conservation, valuing collaboration and holistic approaches to both art and environmental challenges. Always eager to grow, she embraces new interests, hobbies, and adventures, on and off the stage.
In Search of Mangoes is an original musical play currently in development. The play has been workshoped through the Seedlings Playwriting Unit (Women's Work Festival) and has underwent a succesful public reading in December 2025. An additional expert of the play was read at a live performance for the Women's Work Festival in March 2026. With a working draft already in place, the focus moving forward is to refine the script through collaborative workshops, integrating dramaturgical design concepts early in the process, and shaping the musical landscape with a musical advisor.
In Search of Mangoes is an original musical play that tells a powerful story of self-discovery, cultural identity, and belonging. The story follows Sita, a young woman in her 30's overwhelmed by juggling the pressures of her career, creative aspirations, cultural, societal and family expectations, while disconnected from those around her.
In a moment of anger and despair, time seems to freeze and Sita is thrust into a magical realm, known as Lanka; a place inspired by the ancient Hindu mythology, the Ramayana. Here she must escape the clutches of the evil demon king Ravana and find a way back home. Along her journey, she finds friends who help her navigate this mythical realm, reconnect with her culture and confront what she has been running away from all along.
Playwright Thiviya explores themes of ageism, cultural identity, gender roles, generational trauma and the complexity of family relationships, diaspora, and the fluidity of time while blurring the boundary between myth, fantasy and reality.
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