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Mojisola Adebayo

Born: London, UK

Biography

Mojisola Adebayo is a playwright, performer, director, producer, workshop facilitator and lecturer. She has a BA in Drama and Theatre Arts, an MA in Physical Theatre and her PhD is entitled Afriquia Theatre: Creating Black Queer Ubuntu Through Performance (Goldsmiths, Royal Holloway and Queen Mary, University of London). Mojisola trained extensively with Augusto Boal and is an international specialist in Theatre of the Oppressed, often working in locations of crisis and conflict. She has worked in theatre, radio and television, on four continents, over the past 25 years, performing in over 50 productions, writing, devising and directing over 30 plays, and leading countless workshops, from Antarctica to Zimbabwe. In 2021 her play Family Tree won the Alfred Fagon Award. Her own authored plays include Stars (Tamasha Theatre and Institute of Contemporary Arts, London and UK touring), Family Tree (Brixton House, London), Moj of the Antarctic: An African Odyssey (Lyric Hammersmith and Ovalhouse, London), Muhammad Ali and Me (Ovalhouse, Albany Theatre, London and UK touring), 48 Minutes for Palestine (Ashtar Theatre and international touring), Desert Boy (Albany Theatre, London and UK touring), The Listeners (Pegasus Theatre, Oxford), I Stand Corrected (Artscape, Ovalhouse, London and international touring) and The Interrogation of Sandra Bland (Bush Theatre, London).

Productions

Family Tree

Family Tree

Year: 2023

Stars

Stars

Year: 2023

Staged in: Tamasha

Moj of the Antarctic

Moj of the Antarctic

Year: 2006

Staged in: Antarctic Collective

Muhammad Ali & Me

Muhammad Ali & Me

Year: 2008

Staged in: Ovalhouse Theatre; 1930

Desert Boy

Desert Boy

Year: 2010

Staged in: The Albany

Asara and the Sea-Monstress

Asara and the Sea-Monstress

Year: 2014

Wind / Rush Generation(s)

Wind / Rush Generation(s)

Year: 2021

Publications

Moj of the Antarctic: An African Odyssey in Deirdre Osborne (ed) Hidden Gems: Contemporary Black British Plays

Moj of the Antarctic: An African Odyssey in Deirdre Osborne (ed) Hidden Gems: Contemporary Black British Plays

Year: 2008

Publisher: Oberon Books

Mojisola Adebayo: Plays One

Mojisola Adebayo: Plays One

Year: 2011

Publisher: Oberon Books

48 Minutes in Palestine in Anna Furse (ed) Theatre in Pieces: politics, poetics and interdisciplinary collaboration: An anthology of play texts from 1968-2010

48 Minutes in Palestine in Anna Furse (ed) Theatre in Pieces: politics, poetics and interdisciplinary collaboration: An anthology of play texts from 1968-2010

Year: 2011

Publisher: Methuen

Mojisola Adebayo: Plays Two

Mojisola Adebayo: Plays Two

Year: 2019

Publisher: Oberon Books

National Theatre Connections 2020: Plays for Young People

National Theatre Connections 2020: Plays for Young People

Year: 2020

Publisher: Bloomsbury Methuen Drama

Featured Content

That Black Theatre Podcast

Listen to hosts Nadine and Nadia interview Mojisola Adebayo to discuss Afro-Queer theatre, Black queer stories and more.

Mojisola Adebayo on Muhammad Ali and Me

Mojisola Adebayo talks about her play Muhammed Ali and Me, first performed at Ovalhouse Theatre in 2008

Mojisola Adebayo discusses Moj of the Antarctic

Moj of the Antarctic is inspired by the life of Ellen Craft. Listen to Mojisola Adebayo discuss the play and the research taken in Antarctica for it.

Mojisola Adebayo on Desert Boy

Watch Mojisola Adebayo discuss her play, Desert Boy, first performed at The Albany in 2010.

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