Busola Elegbede is a screenplay writer, poet, songwriter, comic book writer and a playwright. Fun loving and a lover of the arts. And believes well crafted words are the perfect canvas and stage. That can open our inner minds to what we may unintentionally overlook.
A participant in
The Royal Court Theatre and
British Council’s
'NEW WRITING IN DRAMA PROJECT’
And developed plays
‘WHERE HER LOYALTY LIES’,
‘THE WORM’S UNDER HIS FEET’.
Also participated in
The Royal Court Theatre’s
‘YORUBA PROJECT World Stages London’ which involved writers from NIGERIA (BUSOLA ELEGBEDE, ROTIMI BABATUNDE), AMERICA (KATORI HALL), CUBA (CHEDDY, GERARDO, YUNIOR), BRAZIL (MARCUS, CLAUDIO SIMEON) and THE UNITED KINGDOM (FEMI, LYDIA ADETUNJI) The Project was facilitated by DIRECTOR RUFUS NORRIS, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR ELYSE DODGSON; where she developed
‘DRUMS OF LIFE’.
Plays; ‘The War in the Sky’ a satire and musical drama depicting the elements.
‘The War In The Sky’ was longlisted for the NLNG Literary Prize 2008
‘The Worms Under His Feet’ was performed at The Jerwood Theatre, The Royal Court Theatre Sloane Square U.K. As part of The Royal Court Theatre and British Council’s ‘NEW WRITING IN DRAMA PROJECT’
Plays include
‘Where Her Loyalty Lies’
‘Murky Waters’.
Comic books include
‘Half’
‘Kaboom’
‘Lara Comic’
TELEVISION SCREENWRITER
'Dear Mother'
'Spider'
Collection of poems available on
www.busolaelegbede.com
www.whirlwindrushcompany.blogspot.com
If there is anything she believes in it can be summed up in her coined up favorite phrase; ‘BELIEVE IT’S POSSIBLE, IT’S POSSIBLE BELIEVE’
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