Adwitha Arumugam

Adwitha Arumugam Headshot

Personal Details

Height
5’1 (155cm)
Eyes
Brown
Hair
Black
Spotlight ID
Contact
Ben Buratta, Course Leader, ben.buratta@cssd.ac.uk / Industry Liaison, Industry.Liaison@cssd.ac.uk

Training

2020 - 2023
The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama - BA (Hons) Acting CDT
2022 - 2022
National Youth Theatre

Productions at Central

2023
Perhaps We Need Become Indecent
2022
Chorus - Electra (Yasmin Hafesji)
2022
Player - Hamlet (Sinead Rushe)
2022
Tobias / Tanya - Education Education Education (Ben Buratta )
2021
We Real Cool (Rachel Lincoln)
2021
Viola / Cesario - Twelfth Night (Peter Bray )
2021
Ania - The Cherry Orchard (Sinead Rushe )
2021
Blanche - A Streetcar Named Desire (Ben Buratta )

Experience

Theatre

2022
Ayra Sinha - Dreamliner - The Situationalists - Edinburgh Fringe (Adwitha Arumugam)
2019
Cassandra - The Trojan Women - Theatre Nisha - Alliance Française of Madras (Meera Sitaraman)
2019
Ūrubhangam - Theatre Nisha - Alliance Française of Madras (Shakthi Ramani )
2018
Waiting for Godot - Theatre Nisha - Alliance Française of Madras (V. Balakrishnan )
2018
The Cut - Theatre Nisha - Darpana Academy of Performing Arts (Meera Sitaraman)
2018
Monkey in the Zoo - Monkey in the Zoo (Sidharth Varma)

Direction

2022
Dreamliner - The Situationalists - The White Bear Theatre, The Edinburgh Fringe (C Venues)

Short Film

2021
Helen (of Troy) - Monsters and Mothers (Alona Ram)

Rehearsed Reading

2021
Maddie - Dead Positive (Chloe Cattin)

Podcast

2020
Young Achievers Interview - Real Life Incredibles - Spotify (John Pradeep JL)

Pantomime

2018
Koko - Koko - MacTrics Performing Arts - Chennai, India (Sravanth Ramani)

Feature Film

2018
Chekka Chevantha Vaanam (Tamil) - Madras Talkies (Mani Ratnam )

Awards

National Bal Shree Award, Government of India - 2016

Memberships

National Youth Theatre
Equity

Accents

Indian English, General American, Received Pronunciation (RP), Mixed London English (MLE)

Skills

Stage Combat - Unarmed, Rapier and Dagger - Jonathan Levertt, RCSSD*, Therukoothu (traditional Tamil street performance) - Mactrics Performing Arts*, Kalari Payattu (Indian Martial Art) - Kalarigram*, Isshinryu Karate (Dan 1 Black Belt) - Kyoshi Bala’s Dojo (Mindcare)*, Dance (Indian Folk and Contemporary) - Academy of Modern Dance and FolkTales, India , Fitzmaurice Voice Work - Mallika Prasad Sinha , Vachika Voice Work - Mallika Prasad Sinha, Weapons (Silambattam and Japanese Katana) - Ganapathy Murugesan, Theatre Nisha , Physical Theatre - Shakthi Ramani, Theatre Nisha, Movement (Feldenkrais) - Robert Vesty, RCSSD, Neutral Mask - Catherine Alexander, RCSSD, Half Mask - John Wright, RCSSD, Mime - Mactrics, a Mime and Body Theatre Company

Languages

English*, Tamil*, Hindi*