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Haresh Sharma | |
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| Born | 1965 Singapore |
| Occupation | Resident playwright for The Necessary Stage |
| Nationality | Singaporean |
Haresh Sharma (born 1965) is a Singaporean playwright. To date, he has written more than fifty plays that have been staged all over the world, including Singapore, Melbourne, Glasgow, Birmingham, Cairo and London.[1]
Biography
[edit]Early life
[edit]Born in Singapore to Pakistani parents, Sharma attended Tanjong Katong Secondary School, Temasek Junior College, as well as the National University of Singapore, where he majored in English Language and Literature.[1] It was also at the National University of Singapore in 1987 where he met Alvin Tan, then a fellow undergraduate and founder of The Necessary Stage. He soon became involved in productions - first doing backstage, publicity, sound, and the occasional acting - then eventually moving on to scriptwriting when one of his plays won the NUS-Shell Short Play Competition in 1988.