Tanuja Amarasuriya
Sleepdogs
Director / dramaturg / story nerd / occasional sound artist | co-founder of Sleepdogs with Timothy X Atack | sci-fi fan | human
Projects
Ocean Confessions
Site-responsive, live mixed headphone piece. Originated and prototyped in Hikkaduwa, Sri Lanka in 2018.
A Million Tiny Glitches
An electronic musical about grief, musically inspired by the likes of Björk, FKA Twigs, ANOHNI and Jon Hopkins | More info at http://sleepdogs.org/project/a-million-tiny-glitches/
Dark Land Light House
Sci-fi theatre | more info at http://sleepdogs.org/project/dark-land-light-house/I'm a director and dramaturg working in theatre, film, audio and other forms. I aim to make art that burns into people's memories.
I was an artist fellow on the Bristol + Bath Creative R&D Expanded Performance programme, exploring tech in relation to emotional immersion. You can read about that in this series of articles: Feeling Being.
I was born in Sri Lanka, grew up in County Durham, and lived in Bristol all my professional life. My work has been presented at the National Theatre, Bristol Old Vic, Theatre503, Soho Theatre, Brighton Festival and Sura Medura (Sri Lanka) amongst others. I've worked with writers and companies including Danusia Samal, Selina Thompson, Improbable, Raucous, Kaleider and Die Gute Fabrik; and I've been Associate Director to Dominic Cooke on West End shows working with actors including David Tennant and Sophie Okenedo. I'm also co-founder of Sleepdogs, a multi artform collaboration with writer and composer Timothy X Atack.
