Vidya Rajan

Vidya Rajan is a Melbourne-based comedian, screenwriter, and playwright. She is best known for writing the 2022 play adaptation of Melina Marchetta's 1992 novel Looking for Alibrandi. Rajan also wrote for and contributed to the ABC comedy series Why Are You Like This, SBS's The Feed and ABC's At Home Alone Together. In 2023, Rajan was in the main cast of Aunty Donna's Coffee Cafe.

Vidya Rajan
Alma mater	Victorian College of the Arts
Occupations	Comedian screenwriter playwright
Years active	2017–present

Early life and education

Vidya Rajan is of Indian Tamil descent and grew up in Kuwait, moving to Australia in 2004 at the age of 14.^[1] She has lived in Perth, Western Australia.^[2][3] Rajan completed a master's degree in writing for performance from the Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne.^[4]

Career

Rajan wrote for and contributed to the ABC comedy series Why Are You Like This, SBS's The Feed and ABC's At Home Alone Together.^[5][6] In 2022, Rajan won an AWGIE Award for her writing work on The Feed.^[7] Rajan wrote the 2022 play adaptation of Melina Marchetta's 1992 novel Looking for Alibrandi.^[8] As a comedian, Rajan made her Melbourne International Comedy Festival solo debut in 2022, with her show Respawn.^[9][10] In 2023, Rajan was in the main cast of Aunty Donna's Coffee Cafe.^[11]