Phiri, Fumban Innot

Fumbani Innot Phiri

Blantyre, Malawi

Organization: YDC Theatre

Fumban Innot Phiri Jnr. is Multi-Award winning playwright and director for National Theatre Makers Awards. He is a young dramatist, journalist, and theatre educator who have produced dramas and workshops for broadcast, stage, community, radio, film, and schools. His motivation is to help install the creative industry in Malawi as tool for development. He is currently working as theatre producer, actor, director, writer at YDC Theatre. Obtain his BA in Journalism and media studies from University of Malawi-The Polytechnic. Off stage, Innot has worked widely in theatre super vision for community drama, forum theatre, and theatre for development on social political issues, his also Festival Coordinator for National Schools Youth Arts Festival (NASFEST).

On the stage, Innot has worked as actor, playwright, producer, and director; he has performed about 10 majors’ plays and writes approximately 20 productions, he also has experience in Radio-Plays in drama series for community young audience; “Moyo ndi Mpamba” and “Zimachitika” for Story workshop Education Trust. As a mid-career artist, Fumbani has been widely involved in several international projects from theatre collaborations to festival participations in; Germany, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Belgium, USA, Sweden, Rwanda and Zambia.

Email: fumbanphiri@gmail.com