Benedict Lombe

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

Her plays include: Shifters (Bush Theatre, London, 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.

Lava

One woman's journey into her own past becomes inextricably linked with the tides of global history in this wickedly f...

Shifters

A fierce, funny and intoxicating play about the enduring power – and fragility – of memory and love. Premiered at the...