Zimbabwean Play In The Running To Win BBC Radio International Playwriting Contest

Journalist, entrepreneur and playwright, Fungai Tichawangana’s play, ‘Fields of Glittering Things’ has been shortlisted for the 2018 edition of the BBC Radio International Playwriting Contest. Tichiwangana’s play is one of only seven plays which were shortlisted under the English as First Language category. More than 1500 entries were received from 114 countries. The other plays in the running are,

‘Atacama,’ by Augusto Amador (USA), ‘Stand Pipe,’ by Derrick Jeffrey (Thailand), ‘Tanty Get Ah Android,’ by Julien Marvin Neaves (Trinidad and Tobago), ‘By God’s Mercy,’ by Colette Victor (Belgium), ‘An Incident Over Water,’ by Paul Charlier (Australia) and ‘Fire In The Head,’ by R Johns (Australia).

The winner who will be announced in August will receive £2,200. They will also travel to London in October for two weeks to work alongside BBC Radio Drama and BBC World Service journalists as the plays are produced.