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Ipswich: New Wolsey Youth Theatre, UK

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Ipswich: New Wolsey Youth Theatre, UK

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Talawa

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2007

Soho Theatre

Oberon Books, London >>>, 2007

1840027851

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A revolutionary preacher begs the crowds to 'abandon the wilful peace' that keeps them down. He hies to make them believe that things could be different. But when people pray only for a brand new car or a large KFC bucket, the citizens of Brixton need a miracle to happen . . .

2003

FutureTense

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I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
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Ipswich: New Wolsey Theatre, UK

2006

Tiata Fahodzi (theatre of the emancipated)

Oberon Books, London >>>, 2006

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A powerful yet comic tale of explosive family secrets and the dead hand of a corrupt patriarchy. Inspired by Chekhov but set in contemporary Lagos, Nigeria, Chief (Mrs) Adeyemi is engulfed in burial arrangements for her recently deceased husband, an influential entrepreneur with an extended family scattered across the globe. His children arrive from abroad to hear their fathers Will. As they divide his estate an unnatural turn of events takes place and sparks begin to fly.

2008

Pursued By a Bear

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One Act

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part of Footprints in the Sand

follows Eddie and Bode, nely arrived on fake passports, and their attempt to get to Covent Garden and find fame as African drummers.
- Siobhan Murphy, Metro London

Theatre Centre, London

2007

Theatre Centre

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Piece

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Hard Rock, Hip Hop, Trip Hop, R and B, Country, Punky, Funky, Folk, Soul not forgetting Rock and Roll. Nothing touches us like music, everyone everywhere feels something. Fasten your seatbelt for a journey into sound, the globe-trotting musical ride of your life. The politicians play "DJ" day after day, spinning you their remix, their cut, their tracks. Brutality, desperation, exploitation - grinding to the beat. Created by artists from Nigeria, the US and the UK, God is a DJ fuses music, text, visuals and movement to tell a powerful tale of people betrayed by their dreams.

2009

WYP, the New Wolsey Theatre and Birmingham Rep as part of the Eclipse Theatre Initiative

Oberon Books, London (2009) >>>

9781840029024

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Adaptation

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Through The Hounding of David Oluwale, an adaptation of Kester Aspdens critically acclaimed text, Agboluaje uses carefully selected accounts of Oluwale's life to reveal how an optimistic and much loved showman who loved to dance, became the tragic victim of police persecution and brutality.

4 May 1969, the body of David Oluwale is pulled from the River Aire in Leeds. Eighteen months later, the investigation into his death ripped apart the police force, exposing the dark side of the shiny, new city in which he died. As police broke ranks to expose the two officers eventually prosecuted for involvement in Oluwales death, the horrific details emerged; of how an optimistic, ambitious Nigerian had arrived in the UK, only to become the destitute victim of police brutality.

2009

Tiata Fahodzi and Soho Theatre

Oberon Books, London (2009) >>>

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Lagos, 1989. Political hysteria and social change are sweeping Nigeria. Chief Adeyemi's wife Toyin is turning forty and, behind the mansion walls, the household is preparing for her party. Their troublesome sons, back from college, are more interested in seduction and starting revolutions that their parents' disintegrating marriage. Meanwhile Helen, the ambitious housegirl, is waiting for her chance&Prequel to 'The Estate'.

Theatre Centre, London

2008

Theatre Centre with Nós do Morro

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60 min drama

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It takes its inspiration from Shakespeare's The Tempest but, though its characters carry the names of Prospero, Miranda, Caliban and Antonio, has only the very slightest connection with it. Prospero, as in Shakespeare's play, is a possessive and protective father to daughter Miranda but no banished Duke. "Why do you knock against my heart?" asks Miranda, "when ail I ask is that you love me?" Prospero seems to have left the city because his family's business has failed due to his brother Antonio's mismanagement. Now he is making himself a power base in the countryside by outwitting the indigenous population. "I am the biggest employer," he declares. "I brought civilization to this backwater." But he is not a beneficent figure: he has plans to pump away the river water and, by controlling water, gain control of the land. He is up against Caliban, a Candomblé priest, at one with the environment and a defender of his people and their land. Prospero is also exploiting his brother with promises he never intends to keep. Antonio meanwhile encourages Miranda to break free while trying to outwit his brother, and Miranda and Caliban are in love.
- Howard Loxton, British Theatre Guide

Eclipse Theatre

2004

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Adaptation

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Original Playwright - Bertolt Brecht. A West African Adaptation

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2009

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Short play

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Part of Soho Theatre's season "Everything Must Go" Short rapid response pieces relating to the economic crisis.

an uptight young British director and an egotistical Nigerian actor are in Lagos trying to film a no-budget thriller - the first "Nollywood" crossover hit - about corporate corruption and the banking crisis. Their backer pulls out, but they have the brainwave to avoid engineering an expensive set piece by simply using the carnage and mayhem around them as their backdrop. Jimmy Akingbola, good in many roles, is particularly great here as the booty-shaking would-be star.
- Corinne Salisbury, British Theatre Guide