Bola Agbaje is a screenwriter and dramatist. Born in London, Agbaje grew up in the UK, living in Nigeria only between the ages of six and eight. Formerly an actress, Agbaje’s works explore the African condition both in England and abroad.
Agbaje’s first play Gone Too Far! debuted at the Royal Court Theatre, London. The play won the 2008 Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre. It was later revived at the Albany Theatre and Hackney Empire. Agbaje was nominated the same year for the Evening Standard Awards for Most Promising Playwright. The screenplay adaptation of Gone Too Far!, produced by Poisson Rouge Pictures and the BFI, premiered at the London Film Festival in 2013 and won the 2014 DC Award at the London Comedy Award. Agbaje also wrote the plays The Burial and Belong.
In 2018, Agbaje was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (RSL), one of ‘40 under the age of 40’ elected in an RSL initiative designed “to address historical biases”.
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