John Pfumojena
About John Pfumojena
John Pfumojena trained in Inclusive Performance (BA Hons) at Chickenshed. He is a Visiting Fellow at the University of Oxford, a Composer and Songwriter with Warner Chappell Music, Trustee of Prime Theatre and an Associate Artist of Tangle Theatre.
Composer: Richard the Second (Tangle Theatre, in association with Mayflower/MAST Studios), Bunker of Zion (John Pfumojena, The Old Courts, Collaborative Touring Network), The Jungle (The Curran, San Francisco, St Anne's, Brooklyn, Playhouse Theatre, West End, Young Vic), Dr Faustus (Tangle Theatre), additional composition Beasty Baby (Theatre Rites/Polka Theatre), Colours (Chipawo, Zimbabwe) and Dream (Ignite Africa Festival).
Music Director: Richard the Second (Tangle Theatre, in association with Mayflower/MAST Studios), Bunker of Zion (John Pfumojena, The Old Courts, Collaborative Touring Network), For Black Boys (The Royal Court, New Diorama Theatre), The Jungle (Good Chance Theatre, National Theatre, Young Vic), Junkyard (LAMDA), Volpone & Dr. Faustus (Tangle Theatre).
Theatre includes: Bunker of Zion (John Pfumojena, The Old Courts, Collaborative Touring Network), Enoch Snow in Carousel (Regents’ Park Open Air theatre), Do You Love Me yet (Oxford Playhouse), Peter Pan in Peter Pan (National Theatre/Bristol Old Vic/Troubadour Theatre), Okot in The Jungle (The Curran, San Francisco, St Anne's, Brooklyn, Playhouse Theatre, West End, Young Vic), No One Is An Island (Tangle International), Wolf in Bent (National Theatre), Sebastian Twelfth Night (Shakespeare's Globe), Michael Darling in Peter Pan (National Theatre), Zulu in Workshop Negative (Tangle International), Heron in I Am Thomas (National Theatre of Scotland/Told by an Idiot), John in Beasty Baby (Theatre-Rites/Polka Theatre), Aaron in Now You See Me (Immediate Theatre), Actor in Riots (Chickenshed BA), Claire in The Maids (Developing Artists UK), Performer in Water, Bread and Salt (Tangle International), Actor in Dream Nation (Tangle International), Borachio in Much A Do About Nothing (Reps Theatre Zimbabwe), Young Leader in The Coup (Theatre in the Park, Zimbabwe), Performer in Bed in Her Head (Arts Lab, Zimbabwe), Diary of a Madman (Spear Theatre, Zimbabwe), Morgan in General Purpose Affiliations (Imidlalo Productions), Farai in Waiting For Constitution (Theatre in the Park, Zimbabwe), Servant in Oedipus (Developing Artists UK), Sizwe in Loupe (Imidlalo Productions).
Awards: OBIE Awards Special Citation for ‘The Jungle’ 2019 Broadway World Awards, San Francisco Best Featured Actor in a Play for ‘The Jungle’ 2019 Zimbabwe Achievers Awards, UK Honorary - Cultural Ambassador 2018
Nominations: Black British Theatre Awards Best Musical Director for ‘For Black Boys..’/Royal Court Theatre 2022 Black British Theatre Awards Best Supporting Actor in a Musical for ‘Carousel’/ Regent’s Park OpenAir Theatre 2021 The Mousetrap Awards Best Male Performer for ‘The Jungle’ 2018 Film includes: Che in Playing Warriors (Mai Jai Films). Television includes: Man in New Dawn (Patsime Trust).
John trained with Chickenshed Theatre (London) and Arts Lab (Zimbabwe).
His theatre credits include The Jungle (Young Vic/Sonia Friedman productions/Playhouse Theatre & Good Chance Theatre/St Ann’s Warehouse NYC & San Francisco Curran Theatre); No One Is An Island (Tangle International); Bent (National Theatre); Twelfth Night (Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre); Peter Pan (National Theatre/Bristol Old Vic/Troubador); Workshop Negative (Tangle International); I Am Thomas (National Theatre of Scotland/Told By an Idiot); Beasty Baby (Theatre-Rites/Polka Theatre); Now You See Me (Immediate Theatre); NGUVA (Simba Dans Ensemble, Norway); Water Bread and Salt, Dream Nation (Tangle International Company); The Maids, Oedipus (Developing Artists UK/ Zimbabwe tour); Riots, Globaleyes (Chickenshed); Also by Mail (The Hat Factory); Can’t Talk About This (Tumbuka Dance Company, Zimbabwe); Shift (Dance Trust Zimbabwe); Diary of a Madman (Spear Theatre, Zimbabwe), Much Ado About Nothing (Reps Theatre, Zimbabwe); GPA, Loupe (Imidlalo Productions/tour); The Coup, Waiting for Constitution and Wedding Night (Theatre in the Park/tour).
He is also composer and musical director for Tangle’sVolpone touring this year.
In 2019, he was awarded Broadway World’s Regional Award for ‘Best Featured Actor in a Play’ in The Jungle.
His film work includes Playing Warriors.