Tonderai Munyevu
Writer / Director
Film, TV & Theatre
Film, TV & Theatre
Tonderai Munyevu is an actor, writer and director for stage, screen and radio. He is the co- founder and co-artistic director of Two Gents Productions. He was a member of Stockroom, a collective of salaried writers working in-house in a writers room for theatre. As well as drama, he also writes prose, his work has been published by Johannesburg Book of Reviews–The Visiting Hours; A Dispatch From Zimbabwe, Team Angelica– Bullets and The Queer Bible–On James Baldwin. Tonderai has garnered widespread acclaim for his performances in his autobiographical works Zhe Noun Undefined, Mugabe My Dad And Me and The Last Chihoro. Tonderai is an Associate Artist at Tiata Fahodzi.
In Development
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
THE ASCENSION OF GRACE MUGABE | ENOA programme supported by Snape Maltings and Theatre de Ville de Luxembourg | Dir: Elayce Ismail |
THE INTIMACY TEST | Royal Central School of Speech and Drama | Director |
KING SOLOMON’S MINES | Royal Shakespeare Company | Dir: John R Wilkenson |
Theatre
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
BALTIMORE | Central School of Speech and Drama | Director |
ZHE: NOUN [UNDEFINED] | Collective Artists and Soho Theatre | Writer |
HARARE FILES: HOW SEVEN HUNDRED PEOPLE LOST THEIR HOMES | Harare International Festival of The Arts | Writer |
MUGABE, MY DAD AND ME | English Touring Theatre, York Theatre Royal and Brixton House | Writer |
ALICE IN WONDERLAND | Liverpool Playhouse & Plymouth Theatre Royal | Writer w. Stockroom writers |
HOW A CITY CAN SAVE A WORLD | Sheffield Theatre | Writer w. Erica Buist and Isaac Tomiczek |
I, JACQUES | Hampton Court Palace | Writer |
RED DRAGON | Hampstead Theatre | Writer |
BLACCINE | Pitlochry Theatre | Director w. Debbie Hannan |
CINDERELLA | Lyric Hammersmith | Director |
THE INTIMACY TEST | Central School of Speech and Drama | Director |
MAGESTI | Harare International Festival Of The Arts | Co-Writer |
THE MOORS | Tara Arts Theatre | Writer |
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST | Tara Arts Theatre | Director |
MANSFIELD PARK | Watermill Theatre | Co-Writer and Co-Director |
Radio
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
THE TRANQUIL MINDS | BBC Radio 4 | Writer |
MUGABE MY DAD AND ME | Audible | Writer |
BLACCINE | Stockroom and Pitlochry Theatre | Writer |
THE LAST CHIHORO | 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