Diana Nneka Atuona

Liberian Girl is Diana’s first play. As well as winning the Alfred Fagon Award for Playwriting, it was long-listed for both the Verity Bargate and the Bruntwood Prize. It was presented at the Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict. The summit was hosted by William Hague MP and Special Envoy to the UN, Angelina Jolie. Diana attended the Royal Court’s Peckham Writers’ Group as part of Theatre Local – the Royal Court’s project to take plays to alternative spaces.