Oladipo Agboluaje (born 1968) is a British-Nigerian playwright. He was born in
Hackney and educated in Britain and
Nigeria
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, studying theatre arts at the
University of Benin. He later wrote a doctoral thesis at the
Open University
The Open University (OU) is a British public research university and the largest university in the United Kingdom by number of students. The majority of the OU's undergraduate students are based in the United Kingdom and principally study off- ...
on West and South African drama.
Works
*''Early Morning'', at
Ovalhouse
Ovalhouse, formerly called Oval House Theatre, was an Off-West End theatre in the London Borough of Lambeth, located at 52–54 Kennington Oval, London, SE11 5SW. It closed in 2020, and moved to Brixton, becoming the Brixton House theatre (located ...
, produced by Futuretense in 2003.
*''God is a DJ'', presented in 2006 at the
Redbridge Drama Centre and elsewhere.
*''The Estate'', presented in 2006 as a co-production of the
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company and the
Soho Theatre
The Soho Theatre is a theatre and registered charity in the Soho district of the City of Westminster, in London, England. It produces and presents new works of theatre, together with comedy and cabaret, across three performance spaces.
The the ...
.
*''The Christ of Coldharbour Lane'', presented in 2007 at the Soho Theatre, where he was Writer in Residence.
*''For One Night Only'', presented on tour and at Ovalhouse in 2008.
* ''The Hounding of David Oluwale'', an adaptation of Kester Aspden's book of the same name, which had originally been issued with the title ''Nationality: Wog'', about the life and death of
David Oluwale, presented at the
West Yorkshire Playhouse and elsewhere in 2009.
*''Iya Ile'' (The First Wife), at Soho Theatre, as a co-production of Tiata Fahodzi and Soho Theatre, 2009.
* ''
The Garbage King
''The Garbage King'' is a 2003 children's fiction book written by Elizabeth Laird and illustrated by Yosef Kebede.
Laird was inspired to write the book after living and working in Ethiopia, where, in Addis Ababa, she saw children who lived on ...
'', adaptation of
Elizabeth Laird's novel,
Unicorn Theatre
The Unicorn Theatre is a children's theatre in the London Borough of Southwark, in England. It is a custom-built, RIBA Award–winning building on Tooley Street, which opened in 2005. The theatre was designed by Keith Williams, built by Arup ...
, 2010.
* ''Say Goodbye Twice'',
BBC Radio 3, first aired in 2010.
* ''Giant Killers'', Theatre Royal Plymouth/Polka Theatre, 2013.
* ''Threshold'', Collective Artistes/University of Richmond, Virginia, April 2014.
* ''Obele and the Storyteller'', World Book Capital, Port Harcourt, Nigeria, April 2014.
* ''Immune'', Royal and Derngate Northampton, West Yorkshire Playhouse, Theatre Royal Plymouth, 2015.
* ''New Nigerians'', Arcola Theatre, London, 2017
References
External links
*
*http://whatsonafrica.org/dipo-agboluaje-from-early-morning-cleaners-to-established-class-warrior/
*http://www.theatrevoice.com/audio/black-voices-oladipo-agboluaje-the-playwright-talks-to-stev/
*http://www.blackplaysarchive.org.uk/explore/playwrights/agboluaje-oladipo
*http://derby.openrepository.com/derby/handle/10545/621065
*http://www.chukuslondon.co.uk/nigerian-tapas-restaurant-blog-list/2017/2/15/chukus-chats-with-award-winning-playwright-oladipo-agboluaje
1968 births
Living people
People from Hackney Central
English people of Nigerian descent
English people of Yoruba descent
Yoruba dramatists and playwrights
English male dramatists and playwrights
University of Benin (Nigeria) alumni
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