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Makambe K Simamba

Playwright

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Bio

Makambe K Simamba is a Dora Award winning playwright and actor for her solo work, Our Fathers, Sons, Lovers and Little Brothers (b current performing arts).

Selected acting credits include Winners and Losers (Chromatic Theatre), A Chitenge Story (Handsome Alice), GIANT (Ghost River Theatre), Bea (Sage Theatre), SIA (Pyretic Productions), inVISIBLE (Handsome Alice), Burn Your Maps (Cinelou Films), Grand Army (Netflix), and Young Drunk Punk (Citytv).

Makambe is a national award winning playwright whose work includes Our Fathers, Sons, Lovers and Little Brothers, A Chitenge Story, Makambe Speaks, MUD and The Drum Major Instinct.

She was the 2020/21 Urjo Kareda Artist in Residence at Tarragon Theatre, as well as co-host of the Blackstage Pass podcast at Cahoots theatre.

Makambe is a proud Zambian whose intention is to be of service through her ability to tell stories.

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Awards

  • 2020/21 Urjo Kareda Artist in Residence – Tarragon Theatre
  • Our Fathers, Sons, Lovers and Little Brothers – Platform Presents Playwright’s Prize 2021 Shortlist
  • Our Fathers, Sons, Lovers and Little Brothers – Winner of the Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding New Play for Theatre for Young Audiences, 2019
  • MUD – Downstage Theatre and University of Calgary Uprising National Playwriting Competition 2014
  • Catchin’ Water – University of Lethbridge Play Right Prize, 2013
  • MUD – Alberta Playright’s Network Discovery Prize 2012
  • MUD – University of Lethbridge Play Right Prize, 2012
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Praise for MUD:
"MUD provokes us to consider how we are meant to function in a world with increasingly porous borders. These grand themes are tackled deftly by a writer with talent that resonates on global issues while focusing on an intimate love story."

Alberta Playwriting Competition 2012 Jury
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Praise for MUD:
"Eclectic dialogue, exotic rhythms, and memorable characters play out in a terrific story about family secrets."

Alberta Playwriting Competition 2012 Jury
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