her first play "boi boi is dead" was first performed at the leeds playhouse in 2014. it was a finalist for the susan smith blackburn prize. to prepare the play, nyoni was awarded a 2013 channel 4 playwrights award. "ode to leeds" was first performed at the leeds playhouse in 2017 and was reviewed with three stars by "the guardian". poetry features throughout the play, as it follows the lives of young spoken word performers from leeds. nyoni's 2014 play, "nine lives", was featured in a 2018 article on the migrant condition in british theatre. early career awards include: award for the arts 2011 (leeds black awards); young black and asian writers award (the big issue in the north's short story competition 2011; ilkley literature festival (ilf)'s apprentice poet in residence. nyoni's next play is due to be staged at the royal exchange in manchester in 2020. experience of life in african diaspora is central to nyoni's creativity. a recent work, debuted at summerhall in 2019, was "a khoisan woman" - a play about the hottentot venus.