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Purni Morell began her career in theatre, first as a stage manager and later as Literary Assistant at the National Theatre, London, with particular responsibility for new foreign and classic plays. She was Literary Manager at Berkeley Repertory Theater, California, from 1998-2000 before taking a break from the arts during which she worked in environmental sustainability and development, in Latin America and at Shelter in Scotland.

Purni ran London’s National Theatre development wing, known as The Studio, from 2007-2011, responsible for commissioning and developing many projects of scale that are now household names for many of the UK’s significant theatres and theatre artists. From 2011-2018 she was Artistic Director of London’s Unicorn Theatre, where she won a number of awards for producing and developing challenging new work for young people.

Purni is now based in Antwerp, Belgium, currently involved as dramaturg/script editor for a major new series for Warner Bros TV, and on two film projects, for Sony and Walker Productions respectively. She was Senior Dramaturg at the National Flemish Theatre in Brussels from May-December 2019 (maternity cover) and her own recent writing projects include Over Lunan (Festival of Arbroath), Public Enemy: Flint (Michigan, co-produced by fieldwork, the Goodman, Detroit Public Theatre, Centerstage Baltimore and others) and Second Citizen for the National Theatre of Scotland.