Books By Benedict Lombe - Author

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

Her plays include: Shifters (Bush Theatre London & West End, 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.

Shifters won Best Production (Play) at the 2025 Black British Theatre Awards.

Lombe won the 2025 Clarissa Luard Award, chosen by the novelist Alan Hollinghurst.