Stateless in the UK until age seventeen, activist, multi-disciplinary artist Radha S. Menon emigrated to Regina, Saskatchewan in 1995 and her writing career began. Her plays have been produced at theatre festivals in Canada, the US, UK and India, including Blackberry, Ganga’s Ganja, Rukmini’s Gold, Rise of the Prickly Pear, The Circus & The Washing Machine. Red Beti Theatre, Hamilton’s first feminist IBPOC theatre company was founded by Menon in 2011. Menon earned an MFA in Creative Writing (UoG) in 2018. She currently lives in Hamilton where she is developing Devi Triptych.

Internationally celebrated playwright and current Artist-in Residence at Hamilton Arts Council, Menon is passionate about the representation of marginalised communities on stages, believing that inclusion is imperative. As such, Menon, a founding member of the Coalition of Black and Racialised Artists (COBRA), also served on the board of directors for three years. Menon’s area of expertise is women’s rights, Dalit’s rights and the decolonisation of theatre, its practices and spaces.

Current:
Solo Multi-Media Exhibition at Art Gallery of Hamilton (June 2024 – Jan 2025)
Devi Triptych Production at Red Beti Theatre (August 2025)