Film
Aunties in the USSR
Action Comedy
Bio
Rebecca Banatvala is an actor/writer and alumni of the Soho Writers Lab.
A Piece of My Liver, her debut play, exploring grief, and belonging within the Parsi Diaspora was shortlisted for The Tony Craze Award. It had a 2 day R+D at Soho theatre last summer and is in development supported by Jon Brittain and produced by The Production Exchange.
Her first TV treatment Zoo House was shortlisted for Nisha Parti/BBC’s 2020 Asian Writer’s award.
She has also made the top 10% for the BBC writer’s room for the last two years.
Her second show, ‘Junia and Lilith’ co-written with Rousha Browning will be performed at Edinburgh next year.