Lydia Adetunji

British-Nigerian Lydia Adetunji is a playwright and journalist.

She won The Almeida Theatre's writing contest called Write in 2006, with her play Fixer, a political drama set in Northern Africa.

Lydia Adetunji later has written for theatres including Royal Court Theatre, The National Theatre Studio, Young Vic, Shakespeare's The Globe and The Tricycle Theatre in London.

Oslo International Theatre counts Lydia Adetunji among the most exciting playwrights within political theatre in Britain. The company performed a staged reading of her play Fixer in Oslo in 2012.

Sources:

E-mail from Oslo International Theatre, 07.06.2012

Dollee.com, on Lydia Adetunji, http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsA/adetunji-lydia.html

Information

(Objekt ID 29196)
Object type Person
Functions Dramatist/Playwright, Journalist
Nationality British, Nigerian
Gender Female
Involved in productions (1)
Title Premiere Role
Fixer (Oslo International Theatre) May 23, 2012 Playwright
Artworks (1)
Title Publiseringsdato Role
Fixer Script – Author