Diana Nneka Atuona is a Nigerian-British playwright from Peckham, London. She studied at South Bank University before winning a scholarship from Gray's Inn to study law.
Her first play Liberian Girl won the Alfred Fagon award (2013) and opened at the Royal Court Theatre in 2015 to widespread acclaim. Atuona was also nominated for the Evening Standard Award as Most Promising Playwright and the Writer's Guild award for Best New Play.
Her second play, Trouble in Butetown, premiered at London's Donmar Warehouse in February 2023. It follows a black American GI who finds himself in the multicultural surroundings of Butetown, Cardiff.
References
- Michael Billington (14 January 2015). "Liberian Girl review – striking debut evokes horror of civil war". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
- Paul Taylor (14 January 2015). "Liberian Girl, Royal Court, review: Powerfully disturbing and immersive". The Independent. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
- Ben Lawrence (14 January 2015). "Liberian Girl, Royal Court Upstairs, review: 'horrors up close'". The Telegraph.
- Bio
- "'Trouble in Butetown' - review". Timeout. 20 February 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
- "Review: Trouble in Butetown - Donmar Warehouse". Broadway World. 21 February 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
- "Trouble in Butetown at Donmar Warehouse review: an enjoyable piece of hokum". Evening Standard. London. 21 February 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
- "Trouble in Butetown review – humanity and heroism in wartime Cardiff". The Guardian. 21 February 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
- "Review: Trouble in Butetown". The Welsh Agenda. Institute of Welsh Affairs. 4 March 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
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