Solanke in 2020 discussing the anthology New Daughters of Africa, to which she contributed.
Born
London, UK
Nationality
British
Other names
Ade Solanke
Education
University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts; Goldsmiths, University of London; University of Sheffield
Occupation(s)
Playwright, screenwriter, arts journalist
Employer
University of Greenwich
Notable work
Pandora's Box (2012); East End Boys, West End Girls (2015)
Website
sporastories.com
Adeola Solanke FRSA, commonly known as Ade Solanke, is a British-Nigerian playwright and screenwriter. She is best known for her debut stage play, Pandora's Box, which was produced at the Arcola Theatre in 2012,[1] and was nominated as Best New Play in the Off West End Theatre Awards.[2] Her other writing credits include the award-winning BBC Radio drama series Westway and the Nigerian feature film Dazzling Mirage (2014).[3][4] She is the founder and creative director of the company Spora Stories, whose aim is to "create original drama for stage and screen, telling the dynamic stories of the African diaspora."[5] Solanke has previously worked as an arts journalist and in radio and television,[6][7] and in 1988 set up Tama Communications, offering a writing and publicity service, whose clients included the BBC, the Arts Council and the Midland Bank.[8]
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^"Ade Solanke", Royal Literary Fund.
^"Tunde Kelani Unveils First Official Poster For ‘Dazzling Mirage’ film about Sickle Cell", AllAfricanCinema, 31 July 2013.
^"East Meets West", ReConnect Africa, July 2014.
^"Spora Stories website". Archived from the original on 16 February 2016. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
^Doyin Iyiola, "A Lady Titan Abudding", African Concord, Vol. 4, No. 19, 4 September 1989.
^Ade Solanke, "How to succeed in business", The Guardian, 20 September 1989.
^"Prizewinning communicator goes networking in Atlanta", Caribbean Times, 26 November 1991.
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