Matilda Feyiṣayọ Ibini Explained

Matilda Feyiṣayọ Ibini is a Nigerian-British playwright and screenwriter.[1] [2] [3]

Education

Ibini has a BA in English literature and creative writing (2013) from London Metropolitan University,[4] and an MA, with distinction, in playwriting and screen writing from City University, for which she was awarded a scholarship from BAFTA and Warner Bros.

Writing

Ibini's first play Muscovado was performed at Theatre503 in 2015; it is set in Barbados in 1808 and Time Out described it as "A small but satisfying drama about the British involvement in the slave trade".[5] [6] [7] The play was one of three winners of the Audience Award of the Alfred Fagon Award for 2015.[8]

Little Miss Burden was performed at The Bunker in 2019, telling the story of three Nigerian sisters, one of whom uses a wheelchair. The Stage reviewer called it "a gem of a play".[9] [10]

The Unexpected Expert was broadcast by BBC Four in May 2020 as part of its series Unprecedented of plays written during and about COVID-19 lockdown. It shows a disabled influencer being told by a council worker that her support will be cut during lockdown.[11] [12] [13]

Her 2020 Caring, cowritten with Gabriel Bisset-Smith, is "A horror-comedy about a disabled woman who finally finds a good carer — only to discover the carer is a serial killer.", and was among the 14 scripts (from 246 entrants) which were selected for the 2020 Brit List of the year's best unproduced scripts.[14] In 2020 it was reported that shooting was planned for summer 2021.

Her play Sleepova, produced at the Bush Theatre, won her the 2023 Critics' Circle Theatre Award for Most Promising Playwright, jointly with Marcelo Dos Santos,[15] and was nominated in the 2024 Laurence Olivier Awards for "Outstanding Achievement in Affiliate Theatre".[16]

Personal life

Ibini describes herself as bionic and Queer, explaining: "I adopted the term 'bionic' when I became a full-time wheelchair user and had metal implanted into my leg after a traumatic fracture, even though the term encompasses my experiences from birth, that I have always needed some form of technology, equipment, or adaptation to live."[17] She has Limb–girdle muscular dystrophy.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mercy . Yolande . Matilda Ibini: 'I switched to Creative Writing last minute, but I didn't tell my mum until I started the course.' . https://web.archive.org/web/20210831075035/https://network.bfi.org.uk/news-and-features/industry-insights/matilda-ibini-%E2%80%98i-switched-creative-writing-last-minute-i-didn%E2%80%99t . dead . August 31, 2021 . network.bfi.org.uk . 29 September 2021 . en . 8 June 2020.
  2. News: Marks . Heather . Interview with Matilda Ibini . 29 September 2021 . Words of Colour . 24 January 2020.
  3. News: Dalton . Ben . Stars of Tomorrow 2020: Matilda Ibini (writer) . 29 September 2021 . Screen . en.
  4. Web site: Creative Writing and English Literature Graduate lauded . www.londonmet.ac.uk . London Metropolitan University . 28 September 2021 . 1 May 2014.
  5. News: Muscovado . 28 September 2021 . Time Out London . 10 March 2015 . en.
  6. News: Muscovado at Theatre503 Review . 28 September 2021 . LondonTheatre1 . 26 February 2015.
  7. Web site: Muscovado . www.blackplaysarchive.org.uk . Black Plays Archive . 28 September 2021.
  8. Web site: 2015 Award . Alfred Fagon Award . 28 September 2021.
  9. News: Akbar . Arifa . Little Miss Burden review – trauma, whimsy and 90s girl-bands . 28 September 2021 . The Guardian . 9 December 2019 . en.
  10. News: Little Miss Burden review, The Bunker, London, London, 2019 . 28 September 2021 . The Stage . En.
  11. Web site: BBC Four - Unprecedented, Series 1, Episode 4 . BBC . 28 September 2021.
  12. News: Al-Hassan . Aliya . BWW Review: Unprecedented - Episode four, BBC iPlayer . 28 September 2021 . BroadwayWorld.com . 3 June 2020 . en.
  13. News: Fisher . Philip . Stream review: Unprecedented . 28 September 2021 . British Theatre Guide.
  14. Web site: The Brit List: Film and TV 2020 . The Brit List . 29 September 2021.
  15. Web site: Ramachandran . Naman . Andrew Scott, David Tennant, Sophie Okonedo Win Acting Prizes at U.K. Critics’ Circle Theatre Awards . Variety . 26 March 2024 . 25 March 2024.
  16. Web site: Olivier Awards 2024 with Mastercard nominations announced . Official London Theatre . 26 March 2024 . 12 March 2024.
  17. Web site: About . Matilda Ibini . 28 September 2021.

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