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Alan Hollinghurst wins David Cohen lifetime award for ‘pioneering’ novels

Author says he is ‘overcome with emotion’ after winning £40,000 honour for books including The Line of Beauty and The Swimming-Pool Library

The Guardian - UK · Nov 4, 2025

Shifters review: This epic new romcom has West End audiences swooning

With fine performances from Tosin Cole and Heather Agyepong, Benedict Lombe’s will-they-won’t-they love story – which has high-profile backing from Idris Elba, Little Simz and Maya Jama – is another fresh hit originating from the Bush Theatre

The Independent UK · Aug 22, 2024

Shifters star Tosin Cole: 'You have to trust your ability. Like they say in basketball – shooters gotta shoot.'

Cole, who has had prominent roles in The Doctor Who and Till, will next be seen in Benedict Lombe’s gorgeous love story at the Duke of York’s Theatre

Evening Standard · Aug 9, 2024

Benedict Lombe wins theatre prize for play ‘celebrating Blackness in its fullness’

British Congolese playwright receives Susan Smith Blackburn prize for her debut play, Lava, staged in 2021 at the Bush in London

The Guardian - UK · Apr 11, 2022

Kae Tempest’s Paradise among finalists for Susan Smith Blackburn prize

Tempest’s National Theatre play, Amanda Wilkin’s Shedding a Skin and Benedict Lombe’s Lava all shortlisted for major playwriting award

The Guardian - UK · Jan 31, 2022