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.

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Works

• 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 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]

References

External links

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

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