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This interview discusses Ade Solanke’s career as a playwright and founder of Spora Stories, with focus on the genesis and reception of Pandora’s Box, the challenge of conveying issues specific to the Nigerian diaspora on the London stage, the presence of African theatre in off-West End venues, and the history, productions, and workshop of Spora Stories. The playwright’s experience of theatres outside London and her views of the contemporary African scene in the UK are also explored.
Ade Solanke, Spora Stories and Greenwich, University of London, UK. A.Solanke@greenwich.ac.uk.
The interview took place in May 2017 and was finalised in October 2017.
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The theatre is now (2018) named Kiln Theatre.
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Morosetti, T. (2018). Interview with Ade Solanke. In: Morosetti, T. (eds) Africa on the Contemporary London Stage. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94508-8_11
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