Matilda Feyiṣayọ Ibini is a Nigerian-British playwright and screenwriter.

Education

Ibini has a BA in English literature and creative writing (2013) from London Metropolitan University, and an MA, with distinction, in playwriting and screen writing from City University, for which she was awarded a scholarship from BAFTA and Warner Bros.

Writing

Ibini's first play ''Muscovado'' was performed at Theatre503 in 2015; it is set in Barbados in 1808 and ''

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'' described it as "A small but satisfying drama about the British involvement in the slave trade". The play was one of three winners of the Audience Award of the Alfred Fagon Award for 2015. ''Little Miss Burden'' was performed at The Bunker in 2019, telling the story of three Nigerian sisters, one of whom uses a wheelchair. ''

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s reviewer called it "a gem of a play". ''The Unexpected Expert'' was broadcast by

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in May 2020 as part of its series '' Unprecedented'' of plays written during and about

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. It shows a disabled influencer being told by a council worker that her support will be cut during lockdown. Her 2020 ''Caring'', cowritten with Gabriel Bisset-Smith, is "A horror-comedy about a disabled woman who finally finds a good carer — only to discover the carer is a serial killer.", and was among the 14 scripts (from 246 entrants) which were selected for the 2020

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of the year's best unproduced scripts. In 2020 it was reported that shooting was planned for summer 2021.

Personal life

Ibini describes herself as

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and Queer, explaining: "I adopted the term 'bionic' when I became a full-time wheelchair user and had metal implanted into my leg after a traumatic fracture, even though the term encompasses my experiences from birth, that I have always needed some form of technology, equipment, or adaptation to live." She has

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References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ibini, Matilda Year of birth missing (living people) Living people British people of Nigerian descent British dramatists and playwrights British women dramatists and playwrights Alumni of London Metropolitan University Alumni of City, University of London Wheelchair users People with muscular dystrophy