Oladipo Agboluaje

Oladipo ‘Dipo’ Agboluaje is a playwright and academic. His first play Early Morning was produced in 2003 at Oval House Theatre in South London; it was followed by a string of original plays, adaptations and radio plays including God is a DJ, The Hounding of David Oluwale and New Nigerians. His first collection of plays, Plays One, was published by Oberon in 2014. He is the 2009 winner of the Alfred Fagon prize for playwriting for his play Iya-Ile (The First Wife). Iya-Ile was also nominated for an Olivier Award that same year. Agboluaje’s writing deals with identity and belonging, and the African Diasporic condition. He is a frequent adaptor.