Winsome Pinnock

London born Winsome Pinnock is an award-winning playwright, academic and dramaturg. She holds a B.A. in English and Drama from the Goldsmiths, University of London, as well as a Masters in Modern Literature which she completed at Birkbeck College. Winsome was Associate Professor in Drama at Kingston University for 2005 to 2019, and was Senior Visiting fellow at Cambridge University. She worked as a dramaturg with the Royal National Theatre’s New Views scheme as well as the Royal Court’s International Department. Her work has been produced on the British stage and internationally since 1985. She was the first Black British female writer to have a play produced by the Royal National Theatre. Her plays include The Wind of Change (Half Moon Theatre), Leave Taking (Liverpool Playhouse Studio; National Theatre; Belgrade Theatre; Coventry; Lyric Studio, Hammersmith, Bush Theatre), Picture Palace (Women’s Theatre Group), A Hero’s Welcome (Women’s Playhouse Trust at the Royal Court Theatre Upstairs), A Rock in Water (Royal Court Theatre Upstairs), Talking in Tongues (Royal Court Theatre Upstairs), Mules (Clean Break Theatre tour of British prisons; Royal Court Theatre Upstairs; Magic Theatre, San Francisco; Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles), Water (Tricycle), One Under (Tricycle Theatre), How Long is Never? Darfur: A Response (Tricycle Theatre), The Principles of Cartography (Bush Theatre), Tituba (Hampstead Theatre), Rockets and Blue Lights (Manchester Royal Exchange Theatre, BBC Radio 3, BBC Radio 4, National Theatre). Awards inculde the George Devine Award, Unity Theatre Trust Award, Alfred Fagon Award for Best New Play, Susan Smith Blackburn Prize Special Commendation, Pearson Plays on Stage Award for Best Play, Ruth and Golden Harris Commission Prize, and the Windham-Campbell Prize 2022.