Olu Alakija

I’m a playwright, screenwriter, script reader and Literary Dramaturg. I’m particularly interested in new writing and I believe that culturally specific stories are universal stories.

Credits

I have been a script reader, jury member and provided feedback and dramaturgical services for a number of different companies over the last 10 years including: The Papatango Prize, The Royal Shakespeare Company, The Writers’ Guild of Great Britain Best Play Awards, Tamasha Theatre, The Bush Theatre, The William Saroyan Playwriting Prize and the ADAA Saroyan/ Paul Human Rights Playwriting Prize. My work has been performed at various festivals, online and in theatres including The Vaults, Rich Mix, Theatre Royal Stratford East, Barbican Open Lab, Young Vic, Above The Arts, Blue Elephant Theatre, Talawa Theatre, The Space Arts Centre, Tamasha Theatre, Applecart Arts, Stanley Halls, The Bread and Roses Theatre, The Octagon Theatre, Bernie Grant Arts Centre, RADA Studios, The Bunker Theatre, Live Theatre, Nottingham Playhouse, The Arcola Theatre and Soho Theatre.

Training

Bush Theatre Script Reading Training.
Script Editing & Development for Film & Television course - GSM/Creative Skillset
William Saroyan Prize Script Reading Training
Papatango Prize Script Reading Training
Tamasha Theatre Script Reading Training
Royal Shakespeare Company Script Reading Training
Tamasha Playwrights programme.
Royal Court Theatre Critical Mass Playwriting programme.
MA Degree in Scriptwriting (Fiction) - Northern School of Film & Television, Leeds Metropolitan University. (Now Leeds Beckett University)
Post-Graduate Diploma in Film Studies.