Femi Elufowoju Jr.

Onye na-eme ihe nkiri, onye na-eme ihe nkiri na onye nduzi nke British Nigerian

 

Femi Elufowoju, jr
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ụdịekerenwoke Dezie
mba o sịObodoézè Nà Ofú, Naijiria Dezie
ụbọchị ọmụmụ ya31 Ọktoba 1962 Dezie
Ebe ọmụmụHammersmith Dezie
asụsụ ọ na-asụ, na-ede ma ọ bụ were na-ebinye akaBekee Dezie
ọrụ ọ na-arụomee, onye nhazi ndu ihe nkiri Dezie
ebe agụmakwụkwọUniversity of Leeds, Obafemi Awolowo University, London South Bank University, Christ's School Ado Ekiti Dezie
nnọchiaha nkeonweL485 Dezie

Oluwafemi Elufowoju Jr. OBE ( Listen  ; / ˈ fɛ m i ɛ ˌ l ʊ fə ˈwɒ dʒ uː / FEM -ee FEM LUU -fə- WOJ -oo ; [1] amụrụ 31 Ọktoba 1962) bụ onye amụrụ na Britain, onye Naijiria zụlitere na-arụ ọrụ na-arụ ọrụ n'ofe ụlọ ọrụ okike. [2] [3] [4] Mgbe Alton Kumalo, onye nchoputa nke Temba Theater Company, Elufowoju bụ onye isi ụlọ ihe nkiri nke abụọ sitere na agbụrụ Africa iji guzobe ụlọ ọrụ nlegharị anya mba na UK (Tiata Fahodzi, 1997). [5] [6] A hụla ọrụ ọkwa Elufowoju n'ofe ọtụtụ ụlọ nrụpụta flagship dị na UK, ma sorokwa ndị a ma ama na-emepụta ihe n'ime ihe nkiri, telivishọn na redio.

Elufowoju ka a họpụtara onye isi nke Order of the British Empire (OBE) na 2023 Birthday Honors maka ọrụ maka ihe nkiri.

Ndụ mmalite na agụmakwụkwọ

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A mụrụ Elufowoju Elugbaju Oluyinka Oluwafemi na 31 October 1962 na Hammersmith, London, nye nne na nna Naijiria si Ile-Ife . [7] Ọ gara Copenhagen Primary & Junior School, Islington, site na 1967 ruo 1974, tupu ọ kwaga Nigeria. Ọ gara ụlọ akwụkwọ praịmarị nke Sacred Heart, Ring Road, Ibadan, na 1975, na ụlọ akwụkwọ Christ, Ado Ekiti (1975–80), tupu ọmụmụ A-level na Oyo State College of Arts and Science na 1980. [8]

Ọ gụrụ Iwu na Mahadum Ife (nke bụzi Obafemi Awolowo University) mana a dụrụ ya ọdụ ka ọ pụọ na 1985 obere oge tupu ọ laghachi UK. Ọ gara North London College, ebe ọ nwetara Asambodo na Community Theatre. Na 1990, o nwetara nzere bachelọ na Dramatic Arts site na Bretton Hall College nke Mahadum Leeds. N'agbata afọ 2010 na 2012, Elufowoju nwetara ezumike ọrụ ịga mahadum South Bank wee tinye uche na nzere postgraduate na Education.

Ụlọ ihe nkiri

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N'oge okpomọkụ nke 1995, Mehmet Ergen kpọrọ Elufowoju ka ọ bụrụ isi akụkọ oge nke egwuregwu Africa na Southwark Playhouse . Egwuregwu ahụ mechara bụrụ ihe nrụpụta mbụ nke onye nduzi na-eto eto bụ onye edemede Mauritian San Cassimally's Acquisitive Case . [9] Mmepụta ahụ mere ka Elufowoju nweta nchekwa mpaghara mpaghara Theater Young Director bursary site na Channel 4 na Cameron Mackintosh Foundation iji zụọ dịka onye isi ihe nkiri n'okpuru Philip Hedley na Theater Royal Stratford East . N'afọ sochirinụ, mgbe njem nlegharị anya nke Sweden na mmepụta nke abụọ ya (na egwuregwu nke mbụ e dere) Tiketi na Ties: The African Tale, a na-akwụ ụgwọ dị ka "ihe ngosi kachasị ukwuu na nke kasị ukwuu n'Ebe Ọdịda Anyanwụ Africa", [10] Elufowoju guzobere Tiata Fahodzi, ụlọ ọrụ na-eme ihe nkiri nke mba, nkwupụta ozi ya bụ isi bụ igosi ahụmahụ Africa na ọkwa Britain. [11] Ọ ji nka duru ụlọ ọrụ ahụ afọ iri na atọ, na-eduzi ma na-egosi ihe karịrị egwuregwu iri atọ, gụnyere ihe ngosi ya nke Ola Rotimi 's The Gods Are Not to Blame [12] na Oladipo Agboluaje's Iya-Ile: First Wife [13] Onyinye Olivier ). [14] [5] N'otu oge ahụ, Elufowoju jere ozi dị ka onye na-eduzi egwuregwu na Almeida Theatre, Royal Court Theatre, West Yorkshire Playhouse, na New Wolsey Theatre na Ipswich .

Arụmọrụ

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Ihe ngosi telivishọn Elufowoju pụtara ìhè gụnyere na usoro ihe nkiri BBC a na-asọpụrụ nke ukwuu Little Miss Jocelyn dị ka Mr Omwokpopopo, ihe nkiri serial Moses Jones, Wire in the Blood, Borgen, Enterprice, Year of the Rabbit, Silent Witness, na oge abụọ mbụ nke mmụta mmekọahụ . Ihe ngosi ihe nkiri ya gụnyere Akụkọ Ochie nke 1900, Mechanic: Mbilite n'Ọnwụ, The Saint na The Princess Switch 3 na Vanessa Hudgens. Ihe ngosi ọkwa mbụ ya gụnyere mmepụta maka Midlands dabere Ụlọ ihe nkiri ụlọ ihe nkiri, ụlọ ọrụ Welsh Theat Iolo, Manchester's Royal Exchange, Kwuru site na Idiot, Commonweal, Eastern Angles, Talawa Theater Company, Royal Court, National Theatre na nso nso a, njem nleta ụwa nke Lionboy (gụnyere Broadway) na mgbagwoju anya. [15]

Ọrụ agbakwunyere na nka

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N'agbata 1999 na 2006, Elufowoju sonyeere Yvonne Brewster, Graham Whybrow, Roland Rees na Mustapha Mutura n'otu n'otu na kọmitii ikpe maka ihe nrite Alfred Fagon. N'afọ 2003, a họpụtara Elufowoju onye isi ngalaba na-akwado Commonwealth Parade (The Mall Pageant) na mmemme nke Golden Jubilee Celebration of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II . [16] Na 2019, Royal Commonwealth Society n'aha Duchess nke Cornwall kpọrọ Elufowoju jr ka ọ bụrụ otu n'ime ndị ọka ikpe ikpeazụ maka asọmpi Essay Commonwealth nke Queen 2019. [17] Ọ kwughachiri ọrụ a ọzọ na 2021. Elufowoju na-aga n'ihu na-ebuga ogbako na ụlọ akwụkwọ UK ma na-atụle site n'oge ruo n'oge, na ụlọ ọrụ dị elu gụnyere Mahadum Yale na US.

Ime ihe

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Ebe ọ bụ na 1990, Elufowoju abụrụla onye otu Equity, otu ndị ahịa Britain maka ọrụ nka na ihe ntụrụndụ. N'afọ 2020, a họpụtara ya na kọmitii nha anya agbụrụ nke na-adụ ọdụ ndị kansụl nha nha nha nha nha na ịkpa oke n'ihi agbụrụ.

Nigeria

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Elufowoju has spent periods returning to his ancestral home Nigeria, building alliances with notable creative cultural leaders including Governor Kayode Fayemi, Lola Shoneyin Akin Adejuwon, Efe Paul Azino, ex-Governor Kayode Fayemi[18] and theatre impresarios Bolanle Austen Peters[19] and Teniola Olatoni Ojigbede.[20]

Ihe nrite na nhọpụta

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Award Year Work Category Result
Afro Hollywood 2000 Contribution to African Film, Arts and Culture Lifetime Achievement Won
Laurence Olivier 2009 Iya-Ile: The First Wife Best Production in an affiliated theatre Nominated
Ogeyinka Merit 2010 African film and theatre industries Best theatre practitioner Won
NEL UK 2011 Celebrating Nigerian excellence and lifestyle Outstanding Achievement in theatre Won
Nigerian Centenary 2014 International contribution to the arts 100 Top Nigerians in the UK Won
Off West End (Office) 2019 The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives Best Director Won
Voice of the Listener and Viewer 2021 City College Best BBC Audio Drama Nominated
South Bank Sky Arts Awards 2022 Rigoletto Best Opera Production[21] Won

Edensibia

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  1. Femi Elufowoju Jr speaks on Finding Home (6 November 2014). Retrieved on 11 January 2019.
  2. Off-West End Awards 2019 winners announced | WhatsOnStage (en-GB). www.whatsonstage.com. Retrieved on 2022-08-16.
  3. 2019 Finalists & Winners – The Offies (en-US). Retrieved on 2022-08-16.
  4. altafrica10 (2019-02-11). Theatre News: Femi Elufowoju Wins for Director "Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives 2019 Offies (en-US). Alt A Review. Retrieved on 2022-08-16.
  5. 5.0 5.1 BWW News Desk. "Photo Flash: THE HOTEL CERISE Rehearses", Broad Way World. Retrieved on 2017-03-26. (in en)
  6. Hutchinson (October 28, 2010). Femi Elufowoju Jr. | An Interview. The New Black Magazine. Archived from the original on 2017-03-28. Retrieved on 2017-03-27.
  7. Minamore. "Femi Elufowoju Jr: Why did Tennessee Williams marginalise African Americans?", The Guardian, 2019-05-27. Retrieved on 2019-05-27. (in en-GB)
  8. "Femi Elufowoju, Jr: Answer The Questions!", The Independent, 2003-11-16. Retrieved on 2017-03-27. (in en-GB)
  9. Shuttleworth (1995). Review of Acquisitive Case. www.cix.co.uk. Retrieved on 2021-06-01.
  10. Web. Archive for Tickets and Ties: The African Tale at Theatre Royal Stratford East, London. 1997. [LONDON] (en). UK Theatre Web. Retrieved on 2021-06-01.
  11. Izundu (13 January 2024). Delighting in That Golden Hour: An interview with Femi Elufowoju. Archived from the original on 16 February 2024. Retrieved on 23 May 2024.
  12. Billington. "The Gods Are Not to Blame, Arcola, London", The Guardian, 2005-06-10. Retrieved on 2021-06-01. (in en)
  13. Gardner. "Theatre review: Iyà-Ilé / Soho, London", The Guardian, 2009-05-24. Retrieved on 2021-06-01. (in en)
  14. Lee. "Femi Elufowoju Jr: Our man in Borgen", The Evening Standard, 2012-06-27. Retrieved on 2017-03-26. (in en-GB)
  15. The Princess Switch 3 (2021) - IMDb (en-US). www.imdb.com. Retrieved on 2021-06-01.
  16. connie.fisher (2002-03-13). Details of the Golden Jubilee weekend (en). The Royal Family. Retrieved on 2021-06-01.
  17. Royal Life Magazine (24 October 2019). The Duchess of Cornwall Hosts Reception for Winners of The Queen's Commonwealth Essay Competition (en-GB). Royal Life Magazine. Retrieved on 2021-06-01.
  18. BellaNaija.com (2014-11-11). Enjoy Spoken Word Theatre as 'Finding Home' Debuts in Lagos this Friday! (en-US). BellaNaija. Retrieved on 2022-08-11.
  19. "Wakaa! The Musical, The First Nigerian Play To Be Performed In London To A Sold Out Audience | Helen Events Blog", Helen Events Blog, 2016-08-05. Retrieved on 2022-08-11. (in en-US)
  20. Sourmashstories.com. ww6.sourmashstories.com. Retrieved on 2022-08-11.
  21. Minelle (10 July 2022). Little Simz, It's A Sin and We Are Lady Parts scoop South Bank Sky Arts awards (en). Sky News. Retrieved on 2022-07-27.