Piumi Wijesundara is a Sri Lankan actor, director, playwright and arts advocate passionate about creating socially conscious devised theatre. She holds an MA in Theatre Directing from East 15 Acting School, University of Essex (UK), and has trained in Biomechanics at the Russian Institute of Theatre Arts (GITIS), Moscow. Formerly Co-Artistic Director of Stages Theatre Group, Sri Lanka, Piumi has directed, produced, performed in, and written for numerous local and international productions. Now based in Australia, she previously served as Program Manager at NIDA and was part of the 2025 Shifting the Balance of Leadership program by Diversity Arts Australia. She currently works as a Program Producer for the Cultural Facilities Corporation, a teaching artist with Canberra Youth Theatre, and an artist-researcher exploring the intersection of technology and performance with the Robots, Arts, People and Performance Lab at the University of Canberra. Her notable theatre credits include Awa/Kaawa/Giya: An Anthology on Migration and Ovaryacting! (Colombo, Sri Lanka), Thought Curfew (Kigali, Rwanda), Girls at Checkpoints (Mercury Theatre, UK), and Ruins at Seymour Centre with Clockfire Theatre Company.