Sola Osofisan
08-17-2009, 03:12 PM
The shortlist for the 11th International Playwriting Competition, run by the British Council in partnership with BBC World Service, has been announced.
Shortlisted playwrights
English as a First Language shortlist
Funmi Ade-Ajayi for Songs From the Wedding – Nigeria
Michael Aubertin for True Colours – St. Lucia
Erin Browne for Trying – USA
Warren Lancelot D’Sylva for Saints – India
Libby Emmons for The Little Room – USA
Diana Estigarriba for Help Wanted – USA
Meher Pestonji for Feeding Crows – India
Duval Smith for Password: Salamander – South Africa
English as a Second Language shortlist
Abdullah Alkafri for Damascus-Aleppo – Syria
Ike Aro for Money Matters – Nigeria
Karim Haidari for The Historical Summer – Afghanistan
Abiola Hameed for The Sixth Man – Nigeria
Virginia Jekanyika for Mbira – Zimbabwe
Araba Kwentsimah Season for The Prison Graduates – Ghana
Mohamed Sheriff for The Demon – Sierra Leone
Csaba Székely for Do You Like Banana, Comrades? – Romania
More (http://www.britishcouncil.org/arts-radio-play.htm)
Shortlisted playwrights
English as a First Language shortlist
Funmi Ade-Ajayi for Songs From the Wedding – Nigeria
Michael Aubertin for True Colours – St. Lucia
Erin Browne for Trying – USA
Warren Lancelot D’Sylva for Saints – India
Libby Emmons for The Little Room – USA
Diana Estigarriba for Help Wanted – USA
Meher Pestonji for Feeding Crows – India
Duval Smith for Password: Salamander – South Africa
English as a Second Language shortlist
Abdullah Alkafri for Damascus-Aleppo – Syria
Ike Aro for Money Matters – Nigeria
Karim Haidari for The Historical Summer – Afghanistan
Abiola Hameed for The Sixth Man – Nigeria
Virginia Jekanyika for Mbira – Zimbabwe
Araba Kwentsimah Season for The Prison Graduates – Ghana
Mohamed Sheriff for The Demon – Sierra Leone
Csaba Székely for Do You Like Banana, Comrades? – Romania
More (http://www.britishcouncil.org/arts-radio-play.htm)