Anni Domingo

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Anni Domingo
Born1950s
London, England
EducationRose Bruford College of Speech and Drama
The Open University
Anglia Ruskin University
OccupationActress, director and writer

Anni Domingo (born 1950s)[1] is a British actress, director and writer, working in theatre, television, radio and films. Her writing includes plays, poetry and fiction, with her debut novel Breaking the Maafa Chain published in 2021.[2]

Biography[edit]

Anni Domingo was born in London, England, to Sierra Leonean parents, who when she was four years old decided to go back to their birth country so that their children would grow up with African culture.[3] She attended school in Freetown,[1] going on to further education in the UK and pursuing an ambition to act.[3] She trained as an actor, also qualifying as a teacher of Speech and Drama at Rose Bruford College, and during her three years studying there she also worked for the BBC at Bush House on radio plays to be broadcast in the Commonwealth.[4] She later earned a first-class BA Honours degree in Literature, another BA Honours degree (first-class) in Humanities with Creative Writing from The Open University, and an MA in Creative Writing from Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.[5][6]

Her acting career encompasses theatre, television, radio and film, with on-screen appearances in numerous TV series and feature films ranging from Outland (1981)[7] to Wondrous Oblivion (2003).[8][9] More recently, in 2019 she appeared in several episodes of BBC One's EastEnders, and on stage in Inua Ellams' adaptation of Three Sisters at the National Theatre.[5][10] Her theatre work over the years has included Blood Wedding at the National, Treasure Island at Birmingham Rep, The Last Bloom at Traverse Theatre, The Crucible at Regent's Park, The Children's Hour and Yerma at the Royal Exchange, Blithe Spirit at the Leicester Haymarket, and No Boys Cricket Club at Theatre Royal Stratford East.[11]

Among other work that Domingo undertakes is radio broadcasting, as well as lecturing (at such institutions as St Mary's University, Twickenham, and Rose Bruford College) and directing at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), the Central School of Speech and Drama), Stratford Circus, Battersea Arts Centre, and elsewhere.[5]

As a Shakespearean actor, she has toured extensively in Europe, the US and Australia.[2] She started a company called Shakespeare Link through which she runs workshops on William Shakespeare in schools, youth clubs and theatres, and she has written several workbooks on Shakespeare that are used in schools.[12] Domingo has also written children's plays, short stories and poetry, and her poem "The Cutting" is published in the text of Bullet Hole, a 2018 play about female genital mutilation in which she played the lead role at the Park Theatre.[13]

Domingo's debut novel, Breaking the Maafa Chain, was shortlisted in the Lucy Cavendish College Fiction Prize,[14] won the Myriad Editions First Novel Competition,[15] is extracted in Margaret Busby's 2019 anthology New Daughters of Africa,[16] and was published by Jacaranda Books in 2021.[17] Breaking the Maafa Chain is an "epic historical novel" based on the true story of Sarah Forbes Bonetta, an abolitionist and goddaughter of Queen Victoria.[18][19][20]

In January 2022, Domingo was appointed chair of Theatre Peckham, one of London's leading community-led theatres and learning academies, with the company's patrons including John Boyega, Jenny Agutter and Paulette Randall.[5][21][22][23]

Selected bibliography[edit]

  • Breaking the Maafa Chain, London: Jacaranda Books, 2021, hardcover ISBN 9781913090760, paperback ISBN 9781913090784.[24] US: Pegasus Books, ISBN 9781643139265.[25]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Busby, Margaret, ed. (2022). "Anni Domingo". New Daughters of Africa (paperback ed.). London: Penguin Books. p. 163.
  2. ^ a b "Interview with Anni Domingo". Alt A Review. 5 February 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Late bloomers on stage together again". Glasgow Evening Times. 7 April 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  4. ^ Byrne, John (25 April 2017). "My First Job: Anni Domingo – 'my father changed his tune after seeing me on stage'". The Stage. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  5. ^ a b c d "Theatre Peckham Announces New Chair Dr. Anni Domingo". Theatre Peckham. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  6. ^ "Creative Industries student and alumni success". Anglia Ruskin University ARU. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  7. ^ "Outland (1981) | Full Cast & Crew", IMDb.
  8. ^ "Wondrous Oblivion (2003) | Full Cast & Crew", IMDb.
  9. ^ "Anni Domingo | Highlighted works". BFI. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  10. ^ Clement, Olivia (12 December 2019). "Read Reviews for Inua Ellams' Three Sisters Adaptation in London". Playbill. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  11. ^ "Anni Domingo". National Theatre. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  12. ^ "Anni Domingo". Sierra Leone Writers Series. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  13. ^ "Theatre Review: Bullet Hole, Park Theatre, Finsbury Park". Islington Gazette. 10 October 2018.
  14. ^ "Literary awards follow Anni Domingo's Fiction Prize success". Lucy Cavendish College, University of Cambridge. 6 February 2019. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  15. ^ "Anni Domingo, Rutendo Chabikwa Win Myriad Manuscript Prize 2018". James Murua's Literature Blog. 14 November 2018. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  16. ^ Truman, Jill (23 October 2020). "Case study: Anni Domingo". National Centre for Writing. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  17. ^ "Anni Domingo". Jacarnda Books. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  18. ^ "A Novel Review by Acclaimed Actress, Director, and Writer Anni Domingo". The African Magazine. 10 March 2022. Retrieved 2 November 2022 – via pr.com.
  19. ^ Morris, Kristine (January–February 2022). "Breaking the Maafa Chain". Foreword Reviews. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  20. ^ Nesbitt-Ahmed, Zahrah. "Book Review: Breaking the Maafa Chain". Rewrite. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  21. ^ "Theatre Peckham announces appointment of its new chair". Northern Echo. 25 January 2022.
  22. ^ Campbell, Joel (26 January 2022). "Theatre Peckham brings in new chair Dr. Anni Domingo". The Voice. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  23. ^ Fisk, Hattie (26 January 2022). "Theatre Peckham announces Dr Anni Domingo as new chair". Drama & Theatre. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  24. ^ "Breaking the Maafa Chain", Jacaranda Books.
  25. ^ "Breaking the Maafa Chain", Simon & Schuster.

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