Patricia Cumper

Patrica Cumper, MBE, FRSA, FRSL, born 1954, is a British multi award-winning playwright, producer, director, theatre administrator, critic and commentator. She was the artistic director and CEO of Talawa Theatre Company from 2006 to 2012. She was born and grew up in Jamaica and followed her parents to study at Cambridge University, for which she won a scholarship to study Archaeology and Anthropology at Girton College. She has written numerous plays for stage and radio.