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.[1][2][3] Atuona was also nominated for the Evening Standard Award as Most Promising Playwright and the Writer's Guild award for Best New Play.[4]

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.[5][6][7][8][9]

References

  1. ↑ Michael Billington (14 January 2015). "Liberian Girl review – striking debut evokes horror of civil war". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  2. ↑ Paul Taylor (14 January 2015). "Liberian Girl, Royal Court, review: Powerfully disturbing and immersive". The Independent. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  3. ↑ Ben Lawrence (14 January 2015). "Liberian Girl, Royal Court Upstairs, review: 'horrors up close'". The Telegraph.
  4. ↑ Bio
  5. ↑ "'Trouble in Butetown' - review". Timeout. 20 February 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  6. ↑ "Review: Trouble in Butetown - Donmar Warehouse". Broadway World. 21 February 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  7. ↑ "Trouble in Butetown at Donmar Warehouse review: an enjoyable piece of hokum". Evening Standard. London. 21 February 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  8. ↑ "Trouble in Butetown review – humanity and heroism in wartime Cardiff". The Guardian. 21 February 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  9. ↑ "Review: Trouble in Butetown". The Welsh Agenda. Institute of Welsh Affairs. 4 March 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
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