Bola Agbaje

Bola Agbaje

Bola Agbaje (born c. 1981) is an award-winning British playwright of Nigerian origin.

Her first play "Gone Too Far!" premiered at the Royal Court Theatre in London in February 2007 and won the Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliated theatre (2008). It will be revived at a number of theatres in 2008. Royal Court theatre, Albany theatre and Hackney Empire. She is writing a play, "Off the Endz" under comisson to the Royal Court.

In July 2008 her second play will open the Tiata Delights season at the Almeida Theatre.

Agbaje spent part of her childhood in Nigeria, but now lives in Camberwell. She has a degree in media communications and was formerly an actress. [http://www.whatsonstage.com/index.php?pg=207&story=E8821209377116] .


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