Bola Agbaje

Bola Agbaje

Playwright/ScreenwriterLondon, United Kingdom
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Bola Agbaje

Bola Agbaje

Playwright/ScreenwriterLondon, United Kingdom
About me
Bola graduated from the young writers programme at the Royal Court in 2007. Her first play GONE TOO FAR! was selected to be performed as part of the Young Writer Festival and was performed at the Royal Court Theatre (Upstairs) in February 2007. In 2008 the play won the Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliated Theatre. The play was revived in 2008 and returned for a run in the main Downstairs space at the Court, as well as at the Hackney Empire and Albany Theatre. Bola was also nominated for the Evening Standard Most Promising Playwright of the Year in 2008. Bola's writing has been presented by the Royal Court Theatre, ATC, Tiata Fahodzi, Hampstead Theatre, Soho Theatre, Young Vic, Talawa and Cardboard Citizens to name a few. Bola’s screenplay adaptation of GONE TOO FAR! (produced by Poisson Rouge Pictures and the BFI) premiered at the London Film Festival in 2013 and was released in 2014. She has a sequel, GONE TO AFRICA, currently in development with Poisson Rouge.
Projects
  • Gone Too Far!
    Gone Too Far!My first play, Gone Too Far!, premièred at the Royal Court Theatre in London in February 2007 and won the Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliated Theatre (2008). Due to the play's success it was revived at a number of theatres in 2008: the Royal Court Theatre, Albany Theatre and Hackney Empire. I adapted Gone too Far into a film script with development funding from the UK Film Council for a film of the same title.
  • Snapped Nigeria
    Snapped NigeriaFollowing on from the success of Snapped the Movie, the UK’s first Snapchat film, 2Far Media have created a social movie with a distinctly Nigerian flavour. Written by Olivier award-winner Bola Agbaje, partnering with Nigerian director Kewa Oni and produced by award-winning Nigerian actor/producer Lala Akindoju, Snapped Nigeria was shot in Lagos and edited in London by Tom Moutchi, the director of the original Snapped the Movie.
  • Hot Pepper
    Hot PepperHot Pepper series is a lighthearted revenge guide
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Skills
  • Writing
  • Playwriting
  • Screenwriting