ADEDOLAPO GRILLO emerges as winner of the JEHF Playwriting Competition 2022
ADEDOLAPO GRILLO emerges as winner of the JEHF Playwriting Competition 2022. His play, A PIPE’S DREAM was announced at the awards ceremony on Sunday, 19 February 2023. Adedolapo is a student of Political Science at Obafemi Awolowo University.
A Pipe’s Dream explores the relationship between activism, politics, and the Nigerian reality. It tells the story of Ishola, a Lagos-based activist, who is desperate for social and political change in the state and how he manoeuvres through the muddy waters of Lagos State politics.
The JEHF Playwriting Competition is an annual mentoring scheme designed to develop the new playwrights of the future. The 2023 is currently running. To join, go to https://jamesenehenshawfoundation.org/competitions/ and download the submission guidelines and application.