ABOUT

Christina Alagaratnam is an award winning writer from London, United Kingdom, specialising in a variety of genres, from playwriting to wine writing. She is described by Emma Slater of LondonTheatre1 as, “A talented writer with a vivid imagination.”

As a playwright, she turned a workshop idea by Orisun Productions, into the critically acclaimed, ‘PlayFight’ for the West End. As a screenwriter, her first short film script, won multiple awards across the globe.

Christina believes in the power of persistence through rejection and keeps a notebook for every project to fuel her creative grind.

Her writing journey began in 2007 with the publication of a poem in a youth anthology. She pursued her passion academically, earning a BA in English Literature & Creative Writing from the University of Westminster, followed by an MA in Creative Writing. ​

playwright

During her Masters studies, Christina wrote her debut play, “Darkridge,” for The Doughnut Theatre. She continued to make her mark on the London fringe theatre scene with “The Beach House,” presented as a staged reading at the Etcetera Theatre. The Beach House was a finalist in the 2022 Scriptwriters & Co. Writers Festival. The script then went on to win Best Stage Play at the 2022 Los Angeles Script Awards and Script Awards LA.

Her play “Face to Face” was showcased by The Hidden Theatre Company and later enjoyed successful runs at the Brighton and Camden Fringe festivals in 2018, with Hiddenviewz Productions. Collaborating with Linklaters Law-firm’s diversity organisation, she promoted “Face to Face” for a special event, celebrating diversity within UK theatre. She also helped co-found a creative writing club within the law-firm and taught playwriting classes to the eager legal world.

Alongside this, Christina was commissioned to write PlayFight for Orisun Productions, which debuted in November 2021 at Deptford Town Hall and directed by Leian-John Baptiste. The play then ran for two nights at the inaugural Peckham Fringe Festival at Theatre Peckham. PlayFight enjoyed a third run at The Pleasance Theatre in Spring 2023. Following this success, the play received a West End transfer to the Seven Dials Playhouse where it ran for the duration of Summer 2023, to 5* reviews.

podcast creator

In lockdown, Christina launched her own podcast called ‘The Night Writer.’ This podcast is one for the insomniacs, talking about urban legends, fairy tales, true stories, ghost stories and anything that keeps people up at night! The podcast also features authors, filmmakers and writers from across the world.

screenwriter

Now, she has re-written her play Face to Face as a short film script. The script has won multiple awards in New York, Los Angeles, Rome, Florence, Venice and London film festivals as well as the London Independent Short Story prize. The script was a finalist at the 12th Paris Arts & Movie Awards. Christina was personally invited to Rome, to attend the Prisma Rome Film Festival and to accept her award.

Christina was also honoured as ‘Best 1st Time Screenwriter’ for the script, at the New York International Film Awards, the Oniros Awards New York and the Los Angeles Film Awards.

Contributing writer

As well as a playwright and screenwriter, Christina is a qualified wine, chocolate and cheese taster! She writes about wine and chocolate for magazines like Luxury Lifestyle Magazine and Tasting Britain.