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. 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.
• God is a DJ, presented in 2006 at the Redbridge Drama Centre and elsewhere.
• The Estate, presented in 2006 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.
• 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.
• Iya Ile (The First Wife), at Soho Theatre, as a co-production of Tiata Fahodzi and Soho Theatre, 2009.
• 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.
• Obele and the Storyteller, World Book Capital, Port Harcourt, Nigeria, April 2014.
• Immune, Royal and Derngate Northampton, West Yorkshire Playhouse, Theatre Royal Plymouth, 2015.
• New Nigerians, Arcola Theatre, London, 2017