Winsome Pinnock is an award-winning British playwright of Jamaican heritage. Her plays include:
Rockets and Blue Lights (Royal Exchange, Manchester, 2020; National Theatre, 2021);
One Under (2005) and
Water (2000) at the Tricycle Theatre;
Mules (Clean Break/Royal Court Theatre Upstairs/Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles and The Magic Theatre, San Francisco, 1996);
Talking in Tongues (1991) and
A Hero's Welcome (1989; runner-up Susan Smith Blackburn Prize) at the Royal Court Theatre; and
Leave Taking (Liverpool Playhouse Theatre/Contact Theatre Manchester/Belgrade Theatre Coventry/Lyric Hammersmith/ National Theatre, 1986).
Awards include the George Devine Award, the Pearson Award and the Unity Theatre Trust Award.