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

Her 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 . Due to its success it was revived at a number of theatres in 2008. Royal Court theatre, Albany theatre and Hackney Empire. She is currently writing Gone too Far into a film script and received a development funding from the UK Film Council.

In July 2008 her second play open the Tiata Delights season at the Almeida Theatre. Agbaje was nominated for the 2008 Evening Standard's Charles Wintour Award For Most Promising Playwright. This however went to Tarell Alvin McCraney. In 2009 Agbaje was commissioned by the Tricylce Theatre alongside Roy Williams and Kwame Kwei-Armah to be a part of the Not black and white season. Agbaje's play Detaining Justice opened on the 25th of November 2009 and the show sold out.

Agbaje is still writing. Her second play for the Royal Court Theatre - Off the Endz opened on 19 February 2010 directed by Jeremy Herrin.

Agbaje was born in London. She briefly lived in Nigeria from the age of 6 to 8 but now lives in Greenwich. She has a degree in media communications and was formerly an actress.[1].

Bola Agbaje is a promising playwright who is under commission with Paines Plough and Tiata Fahodzi.

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