Tonderai Munyevu
Writer / Director
Film, TV & Theatre
Film, TV & Theatre
Tonderai Munyevu is an award-winning queer writer, director, and performer. Writing credits include Mugabe, My Dad and Me (York Theatre Royal/ETT, UK Theatre Award: Best New Play, 2022), Mansfield Park (Watermill Theatre), The Moors (Tara Arts/Two Gents), and The Last Chihoro (BBC Radio 4). He also writes prose, including The Visiting Hours, A Dispatch From Zimbabwe for The Johannesburg Review Of Books, and Bullets for the anthology Black And Gay In The UK.
He has been a salaried writer at Stockroom, Associate Artist at Tiata Fahodzi, Creative Associate at Brixton House Theatre, a member of HighTide’s The Lighthouse Writers’ Group, a recipient of a Peggy Ramsay Foundation Grant, and the co-founder/co-artistic director of Two Gents Productions.
Theatre
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
MAMA GOOSE 2025 | Theatre Royal Stratford East | Co-writer and Co-director with Vikki Stone |
MURDERING MARY 2025 | East 15 | Writer |
THE INTIMACY TEST 2024 | Royal Central School of Speech and Drama | Writer / Director |
MANSFIELD PARK 2023 | Watermill Theatre | Co-Writer and Co-Director |
ALICE IN WONDERLAND 2023 | Liverpool Playhouse & Plymouth Theatre Royal | Co-Writer |
BLACCINE 2023 | Pitlochry Theatre | Director: Debbie Hannan |
I, JACQUES 2023 | Hampton Court Palace | Writer |
CINDERELLA 2023 | Lyric Hammersmith | Director |
HOW A CITY CAN SAVE A WORLD 2022 | Sheffield Crucible | Co-Writer |
MUGABE, MY DAD AND ME 2021 - 2022 | English Touring Theatre, York Theatre Royal and Brixton House | Writer |
BALTIMORE 2020 | Central School of Speech and Drama | Director |
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST 2019 | Tara Arts Theatre | Co-Director |
THE MOORS 2018 | Tara Arts Theatre | Writer |
ZHE: NOUN [UNDEFINED] 2013 | Collective Artists / Soho Theatre | Writer |
HARARE FILES: HOW SEVEN HUNDRED PEOPLE LOST THEIR HOMES 2009 | Harare International Festival of The Arts | Writer |
MAGESTI 2009 | Harare International Festival Of The Arts | Co-Writer |
Radio
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
THE LAST CHIHORO 2023 | BBC RADIO 4 | Writer |
BLACCINE 2023 | Stockroom and Pitlochry Theatre | Writer |
MUGABE MY DAD AND ME 2021 | Audible | Writer |
THE TRANQUIL MINDS 2015 | BBC Radio 4 | Writer |
Best New Play at the UK Theatre Awards 2022 for Mugabe My Dad and Me
Shortlisted for The Alfred Fagon Award 2019 for Mugabe My Dad and Me
Antonio Awards Nomination Best Audio Theatre 2022 for Mugabe My Dad and Me