Gurnesha is a freelance reader, dramaturg and programmer based in Northamptonshire.
She reads for both subsidised and commercial theatre companies and literary agencies. She is currently reading for the Theatre 503 International Playwriting Award and working as a dramaturg with writers commissioned by Soho Theatre and Tara Theatre.
For the past 5 years she has been working in the planning, development and delivery of public programmes across a range of arts and cultural institutions including; the development of new work for stage at the Royal Court Theatre, programming international short for Leeds International Film Festival, and curatorial work for the V&A and Design Museum.