Bola Agbaje
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Bola Agbaje is an award-winning British
playwright
of Nigerian origin.
Her first play Gone Too Far!
premièred at the Royal Court Theatre
in London
in February 2007 and won the Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliated theatre (2008). Due to its success it was revived at a number of theatres in 2008. Royal Court theatre, Albany theatre and Hackney Empire. She is currently writing Gone too Far into a film script and received a development funding from the UK Film Council.
In July 2008 her second play open the Tiata Delights season at the Almeida Theatre
. Agbaje was nominated for the 2008 Evening Standard's Charles Wintour Award For Most Promising Playwright. This however went to Tarell Alvin McCraney
. In 2009 Agbaje was commissioned by the Tricycle Theatre
alongside Roy Williams
and Kwame Kwei-Armah
to be a part of the Not black and white season. Agbaje's play Detaining Justice opened on the 25th of November 2009 and the show sold out.
Agbaje is still writing. Her second play for the Royal Court Theatre
- Off the Endz opened on 19 February 2010 directed by Jeremy Herrin
.
Agbaje was born in London. She briefly lived in Nigeria from the age of 6 to 8 but now lives in Greenwich. She has a degree in media communications and was formerly an actress.http://www.whatsonstage.com/index.php?pg=207&story=E8821209377116.
Bola Agbaje is a promising playwright who is under commission with Paines Plough
and Tiata Fahodzi.
United Kingdom
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playwright
Playwright
A playwright, also called a dramatist, is a person who writes plays.The term is not a variant spelling of "playwrite", but something quite distinct: the word wright is an archaic English term for a craftsman or builder...
of Nigerian origin.
Her first play Gone Too Far!
Gone Too Far!
Gone Too Far! is a 2007 play written by British playwright Bola Agbaje. Drawing on Agbaje's ethnic Nigerian background and London upbringing, the play focuses on one day in the lives of several young black people who live in a London council estate...
premièred at the Royal Court Theatre
Royal Court Theatre
The Royal Court Theatre is a non-commercial theatre on Sloane Square, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. It is noted for its contributions to modern theatre...
in London
London
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in February 2007 and won the Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliated theatre (2008). Due to its success it was revived at a number of theatres in 2008. Royal Court theatre, Albany theatre and Hackney Empire. She is currently writing Gone too Far into a film script and received a development funding from the UK Film Council.
In July 2008 her second play open the Tiata Delights season at the Almeida Theatre
Almeida Theatre
The Almeida Theatre, opened in 1980, is a 325 seat studio theatre with an international reputation which takes its name from the street in which it is located, off Upper Street, in the London Borough of Islington. The theatre produces a diverse range of drama and holds an annual summer festival of...
. Agbaje was nominated for the 2008 Evening Standard's Charles Wintour Award For Most Promising Playwright. This however went to Tarell Alvin McCraney
Tarell Alvin McCraney
Tarell Alvin McCraney is an award-winning American playwright and actor. He is a member of Teo Castellanos/ D Projects Theater Company in Miami and in 2008 became RSC/Warwick International Playwright in Residence at the Royal Shakespeare Company...
. In 2009 Agbaje was commissioned by the Tricycle Theatre
Tricycle Theatre
The Tricycle Theatre is located on Kilburn High Road in Kilburn in the London Borough of Brent, England. During the last 30 years, the Tricycle has been presenting plays reflecting the cultural diversity of its community; in particular Black, Irish, Jewish, Asian and South African works, as well as...
alongside Roy Williams
Roy Williams
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and Kwame Kwei-Armah
Kwame Kwei-Armah
Kwame Kwei-Armah, is a British actor, playwright, singer and broadcaster. In 2005 he became the second black Briton to have a play staged in the West End...
to be a part of the Not black and white season. Agbaje's play Detaining Justice opened on the 25th of November 2009 and the show sold out.
Agbaje is still writing. Her second play for the Royal Court Theatre
Royal Court Theatre
The Royal Court Theatre is a non-commercial theatre on Sloane Square, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. It is noted for its contributions to modern theatre...
- Off the Endz opened on 19 February 2010 directed by Jeremy Herrin
Jeremy Herrin
Jeremy Herrin is an English theatre director and currently the Deputy Artistic Director of the Royal Court Theatre in London. He trained as a theatre director at both the Royal Court and the National Theatre...
.
Agbaje was born in London. She briefly lived in Nigeria from the age of 6 to 8 but now lives in Greenwich. She has a degree in media communications and was formerly an actress.http://www.whatsonstage.com/index.php?pg=207&story=E8821209377116.
Bola Agbaje is a promising playwright who is under commission with Paines Plough
Paines Plough
Paines Plough is a London-based British touring theatre company founded in 1974 by writer David Pownall and director John Adams. They named the company after their favourite pub, the Plough, where they would drink pints of Paines....
and Tiata Fahodzi.