Oladipo Agboluaje

Oladipo Agboluaje (born 1968) is a British 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.

His works include:

• Early Morning, at Ovalhouse, produced by Futuretense in 2003.^[2]
• God is a DJ, 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 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]

References

1. "Participant biographies: Oladipo Agboluaje". Writernet - Paris 2006. Retrieved 2008-12-12.
2. "Pursued by a bear productions". Retrieved 2008-12-12.
3. Vale, Paul (23 October 2006). "God is a DJ". The Stage. Retrieved 2008-12-12.
4. Woodger, Andrew (15 May 2006). "The Estate". BBC Suffolk. Retrieved 2008-12-12.
5. "The Christ of Coldharbour Lane". Soho Theatre. Retrieved 2008-12-12.
6. "The Hounding of David Oluwale". West Yorkshire Playhouse. Retrieved 2008-12-12.
7. "African Theatre Company". Tiata Fahodzi. Retrieved 2012-04-19.
8. http://news.richmond.edu/features/article/-/12153/threshold-students-and-faculty-bring-new-play-to-life-.html
9. http://beetauniversal.org/productions/past-productions/obele-and-the-storyteller/
10. http://www.thereviewshub.com/immune-royal-and-derngate-northampton/

External links

• Otas, Belinda (23 April 2008). "An interview with Oladipo Agboluaje". The New Black Magazine.