Oladipo Agboluaje

Oladipo Agboluaje (born 1968) is a British-Nigerian playwright. He was born in Hackney and educated in Britain and Nigeria, studying theatre arts at the University of Benin.[1] He later wrote a doctoral thesis at the Open University on West and South African drama.

For Agboluaje, the 27th Aláàfin of Ọ̀yọ, see List of rulers of the Yoruba state of Oyo.

Works
  • Early Morning, at Ovalhouse, produced by Futuretense in 2003.[2]
  • God is a DJ, produced by Theatre Centre and presented in 2006 at the Redbridge Drama Centre and elsewhere.[3]
  • The Estate, presented in 2006[4] as a co-production of the Tiata Fahodzi company and the Soho Theatre.
  • The Christ of Coldharbour Lane, presented in 2007 at the Soho Theatre, where he was Writer in Residence.[5]
  • 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.[6]
  • Iya Ile (The First Wife), at Soho Theatre, as a co-production of Tiata Fahodzi and Soho Theatre, 2009.[7]
  • The Garbage King, adaptation of Elizabeth Laird's novel, Unicorn Theatre, 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.[8]
  • Obele and the Storyteller, World Book Capital, Port Harcourt, Nigeria, April 2014.[9]
  • Immune, Royal and Derngate Northampton, West Yorkshire Playhouse, Theatre Royal Plymouth, 2015.[10]
  • New Nigerians, Arcola Theatre, London, 2017[11]
  • Here's What She Said To Me, Crucible Sheffield, 2022, National tour
  • The Famished Road, Dramaten, Stockholm, 2022, adaptation of Ben Okri's novel of the same name

References
  1. "Participant biographies: Oladipo Agboluaje". Writernet - Paris 2006. Retrieved 12 December 2008.
  2. "Pursued by a bear productions". Retrieved 12 December 2008.
  3. Vale, Paul (23 October 2006). "God is a DJ". The Stage. Retrieved 12 December 2008.
  4. Woodger, Andrew (15 May 2006). "The Estate". BBC Suffolk. Retrieved 12 December 2008.
  5. "The Christ of Coldharbour Lane". Soho Theatre. Retrieved 12 December 2008.
  6. "The Hounding of David Oluwale". West Yorkshire Playhouse. Retrieved 12 December 2008.
  7. "African Theatre Company". Tiata Fahodzi. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
  8. "Threshold".
  9. "Obele and the Storyteller – Beeta Universal Arts Foundation".
  10. "Immune – Royal and Derngate, Northampton | The Reviews Hub". www.thereviewshub.com. Archived from the original on 3 December 2015.
  11. "New Nigerians | Arcola Theatre". Arcola Theatre. Retrieved 27 February 2017.


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