Chinonyerem Odimba

Chinonyerem Odimba is a Nigerian British playwright, screenwriter, and poet. She is also the Artistic Director and CEO of Tiata Fahodzi. Her recent work ranges from Medea at Bristol Old Vic, We Too Are Giants for Kiln Theatre, Unknown Rivers at Hampstead Theatre, Prince and the Pauper at Watermill Theatre, The Seven Ages of Patience at Kiln Theatre, and Princess & The Hustler which toured across the UK for Eclipse Theatre/Bristol Old Vic/Hull Truck. She is currently working on commissions for Young Vic, RSC, and Paines Plough. She was the inaugural Writer-in-Residence at Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in 2020/2021. Her work has been shortlisted for several awards including the Adrienne Benham and Alfred Fagon awards. She is the winner for the 2018 Sonia Friedman Award (Channel 4 Playwright Bursary) for a new play How to Walk on the Moon, and a finalist for the inaugural Women Playwriting Prize 2020 for her play Paradise Street.