Tanika Gupta

Training

Tanika Gupta studied at Oxford University.

Theatre

For the National Theatre: A Tupperware of Ashes, Sanctuary (also on tour), The Good Woman of Setzuan and The Waiting Room

Other theatre includes: The Empress for the RSC and the Lyric Hammersmith; Great Expectations at Watford Palace, Royal Exchange, Manchester and for ETT; Lions and Tigers and A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Shakespeare’s Globe; The Overseas Student and A Doll’s House at the Lyric Hammersmith; Mirror on the Moor, Catch and Sugar Mummies at the Royal Court; Red Dust Road at Edinburgh International Festival; A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian at Hull Track; Anita and Me, Love ‘N Stuff and Brood at Stratford East; Wah! Wah! Girls at Sadler’s Wells and Stratford East; Mindwalking on tour; Dreaming by Day at the Unicorn; 2 Young 2 Luv at Birmingham Rep; Meet the Mukherjees at Bolton Octagon; Gladiator Games at Sheffield Crucible and Stratford East; Hobson’s Choice at the Young Vic and the Royal Exchange, Manchester; and Fragile Land at Hampstead

TV

The Bill, Crossroads, All About Me, EastEnders, Grange Hill, London Bridge and Flight

Radio

A Passage to India, Letters from a Young Indian Revolutionary, A Doll’s House and Bindi Business

Awards

The Waiting Room – John Whiting Award

Lions and Tigers – James Tait Black Memorial Prize

Hobson’s Choice – EMMA Award

Flight – EMMA Award

In 2008, Tanika Gupta was awarded an MBE for her services to drama and honorary doctorates from Chichester and University of West London. She was writer in residence at the National Theatre and at Soho Theatre.

(Published September 2024)