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Benedict Lombe

Lava

English · Paperback / Softback

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Description

A passionate memoir-monologue that weaves lyrical storytelling with untiring protest.

About the author

Benedict Lombe is a British Congolese writer and theatre-maker based in London.

Her plays include: Shifters (Bush Theatre London & West End, 2024) and Lava (Bush Theatre, 2021).

Lava, her debut play, won Best Performance Piece at the 2022 Offies (Off West End Awards) and the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize in 2022. Lombe also won the Book and Lyrics Recognition Award at the 2021 Black British Theatre Awards.

Summary

One woman's journey into her own past becomes inextricably linked with the tides of global history in this wickedly funny, strikingly lyrical and explosive debut play. Winner of the 2022 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize.

Product details

Authors	Benedict Lombe
Publisher	Hern, Nick Books

Languages	English
Product format	Paperback / Softback
Released	31.07.2021

EAN	9781839040092
ISBN	978-1-83904-009-2
No. of pages	88
Series	NHB Modern Plays
Subjects	Fiction > Poetry, drama Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies DRAMA / General, Plays, Playscripts

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